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Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 69 - AGRICULTURE, HORTICULTURE, AND ANIMALS (§§ 69-1-1 — 69-55-9) › Chapter 48 - PEANUT PROMOTION BOARD (§§ 69-48-1 — 69-48-15) › Section 69-48-3 - Mississippi Peanut Promotion Board; membership; organization and administration; officers

(1)
The Mississippi Peanut Promotion Board is hereby created, to be composed of six (6) members to be appointed by the Governor to serve terms of three (3) years. All of the six (6) members of the board shall be producers of peanuts in the State of Mississippi. Within ten (10) days following July 1, 2007, the Mississippi Farm Bureau Federation, Inc., and the Mississippi Peanut Growers Association shall each submit the names of six (6) peanut producers to the Governor, and he shall appoint three (3) members from the nominees of each organization to serve on the board on rotating three-year terms. The original board shall be appointed with members of each of the organizations appointed as follows: one (1) for one (1) year, one (1) for two (2) years, and one (1) for three (3) years. Each year thereafter, not less than thirty (30) days prior to the expiration of the terms of expiring board members, the organizations shall submit the names of three (3) nominees to the Governor and succeeding boards shall be appointed by the Governor in the same manner, giving equal representation to each organization. Vacancies which occur shall be filled in the same manner as the original appointments were made.
(2)
The members of the board shall meet and organize immediately after their appointment, and shall elect a chairman, vice chairman and secretary-treasurer from the membership of the board, whose duties shall be those customarily exercised by such officers or specifically designated by the board. The chairman, vice chairman and secretary-treasurer shall be bonded in an amount not less than Twenty Thousand Dollars ($20,000.00). The cost of the bonds shall be paid from the funds received under this chapter. The bond shall be a security for any illegal act of such member of the board and recovery thereon may be had by the state for any injury by the illegal act of the member. The board may establish rules and regulations for its own government and the administration of the affairs of the board.
Laws, 2007, ch. 321, § 2; brought forward without change, Laws, 2009, ch. 392, § 2, eff. 7/1/2009.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 69 - AGRICULTURE, HORTICULTURE, AND ANIMALS (§§ 69-1-1 — 69-55-9) › Chapter 48 - PEANUT PROMOTION BOARD (§§ 69-48-1 — 69-48-15) › Section 69-48-7 - Department authorized to collect assessment created by Peanut Promotion, Research and Consumer Information Act

The department is authorized to collect the assessment created by the Peanut Promotion, Research and Consumer Information Act administered by the U.S. Department of Agriculture on behalf of the board.
Laws, 2007, ch. 321, § 4; brought forward without change, Laws, 2009, ch. 392, § 4, eff. 7/1/2009.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 69 - AGRICULTURE, HORTICULTURE, AND ANIMALS (§§ 69-1-1 — 69-55-9) › Chapter 48 - PEANUT PROMOTION BOARD (§§ 69-48-1 — 69-48-15) › Section 69-48-9 - Penalties; exemption

(1)
Any purchaser who fails to file a report or to pay any assessment within the time required by the department shall forfeit to the department a penalty of five percent (5%) of the assessment determined to be due, plus one percent (1%) of the amount for each month of delay or fraction thereof after the first month after the report was required to be filed or the assessment became due. The penalty shall be paid to the department and shall be disposed of by it in the same manner as funds derived from the payment of the assessment imposed herein.
(2)
The department shall collect the penalties levied herein, together with the delinquent assessment, by any or all of the following methods:
(a)
By voluntary payment by the person liable.
(b)
By legal proceedings instituted in a court of competent jurisdiction.
(3)
Any person required to pay the assessment provided for in this chapter who fails to remit same or who refuses to allow full inspection of the premises, or the books, records or other documents relating to the liability of the person for the assessment herein imposed, or who shall hinder or in any way delay or prevent the inspection, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be punished by a fine not exceeding One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) or by imprisonment not to exceed one (1) year, or both.
(4)
The provisions of this chapter shall not apply to any person who purchases two thousand (2,000) pounds (one (1) ton) gross weight, or less in any calendar year, provided he is not regularly engaged in the purchase of peanuts.
Laws, 2007, ch. 321, § 5; brought forward without change, Laws, 2009, ch. 392, § 5, eff. 7/1/2009.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 69 - AGRICULTURE, HORTICULTURE, AND ANIMALS (§§ 69-1-1 — 69-55-9) › Chapter 48 - PEANUT PROMOTION BOARD (§§ 69-48-1 — 69-48-15) › Section 69-48-11 - Expenditure of funds; reporting requirement; penalty for failure to report

(1)
The board shall plan and conduct a program of research, education and advertising designed to promote the peanut industry in Mississippi. The board is authorized to use the funds derived from the assessment imposed herein for these purposes, including basic administration expenses of the plan. Use of these funds may be applied, as prescribed in this section, within or without the State of Mississippi, including regional, national and international research and promotional applications.
(2)
(a)
The Mississippi Legislature finds and declares that the factors which affect the ability of Mississippi peanut farmers to market their crop are established by national and international forces in the world market. The Legislature further finds and declares that the expenditure of funds by the board for the purpose of influencing the development and implementation of national and international policy affecting the marketing, research and advertising of peanuts produced by Mississippi farmers is the expenditure of funds for a public purpose.
(b)
The board may expend a portion of the funds received and administered by the board for the purpose of influencing the development and implementation of national and international policy affecting peanuts produced by Mississippi farmers.
(c)
The amount of funds expended by the board in each fiscal year for the purposes authorized in this subsection shall not exceed fifteen percent (15%) of the budget of the board for that fiscal year.
(d)
The board shall not expend any funds for the purpose of influencing any political activity.
(3)
A report of all income and expenditures shall be made annually on December 31, with four (4) copies of the report to be filed and presented during the regular sessions of the Mississippi Legislature with each of the following: the Chairman of the House of Representatives Agriculture Committee, the Chairman of the Senate Agriculture Committee, the Mississippi Department of Agriculture and Commerce and the State Auditor.
(4)
If the board fails to make an annual report in violation of the provisions of subsection (3) of this section, the board shall be subject to a fine of not more than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00).
Laws, 2007, ch. 321, § 6; Laws, 2009, ch. 392, § 6, eff. 7/1/2009.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 69 - AGRICULTURE, HORTICULTURE, AND ANIMALS (§§ 69-1-1 — 69-55-9) › Chapter 48 - PEANUT PROMOTION BOARD (§§ 69-48-1 — 69-48-15) › Section 69-48-13 - State Tax Commission to assist department in collecting assessments

The State Tax Commission shall provide any information necessary to assist the department in collecting the assessments provided for in this chapter.
Laws, 2007, ch. 321, § 7; brought forward without change, Laws, 2009, ch. 392, § 7, eff. 7/1/2009.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 69 - AGRICULTURE, HORTICULTURE, AND ANIMALS (§§ 69-1-1 — 69-55-9) › Chapter 48 - PEANUT PROMOTION BOARD (§§ 69-48-1 — 69-48-15) › Section 69-48-14 - Commissioner authorized to audit Peanut Promotion Board; information to be included in audit; injunction for violations of chapter

(1)
The commissioner may conduct an audit of the board to verify compliance with any rules and regulations promulgated for the efficient enforcement of this chapter.
(2)
Under this section, the audited board shall provide information to the commissioner that verifies the amounts received and expended from the fees assessed and collected by the department and remitted to the board. Records maintained in the course of the normal conduct of business by the board may serve as verification.
(3)
The commissioner may apply for and the court may grant a temporary or permanent injunction on disbursements made to the board from violating or continuing to violate any of the provisions of this chapter or any rule or regulation promulgated under this chapter, notwithstanding the existence of other remedies at law. The injunction shall be issued without bond.
Laws, 2009, ch. 392, § 8, eff. 7/1/2009.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 69 - AGRICULTURE, HORTICULTURE, AND ANIMALS (§§ 69-1-1 — 69-55-9) › Chapter 48 - PEANUT PROMOTION BOARD (§§ 69-48-1 — 69-48-15) › Section 69-48-15 - Provisions to be controlling

Notwithstanding the provisions of any laws or parts of laws in conflict herewith, the provisions of this chapter shall be controlling to the extent of the conflict.
Laws, 2007, ch. 321, § 8; brought forward without change, Laws, 2009, ch. 392, § 9, eff. 7/1/2009.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 69 - AGRICULTURE, HORTICULTURE, AND ANIMALS (§§ 69-1-1 — 69-55-9) › Chapter 49 - FIELD CROP PRODUCTS (§ 69-49-1) › Section 69-49-1 - Liability for destruction of field crop products; factors in awarding damages; limitation of damages; definition of "field crop."

(1)
Any person or entity who willfully and knowingly damages or destroys any field crop product that is grown for personal or commercial purposes, or for testing or research purposes in the context of a product development program in conjunction or coordination with a private research facility or a university or any federal, state or local government agency, shall be liable for twice the value of the crop damaged or destroyed.
(2)
In awarding damages under this section, the courts shall consider the market value of the crop prior to damage or destruction and production, research, testing, replacement and crop development costs directly related to the crop that has been damaged or destroyed as part of the value of the crop.
(3)
Damages available under this section shall be limited to twice the market value of the crop prior to damage or destruction plus twice the actual damages involving production, research, testing, replacement and crop development costs directly related to the crop that has been damaged or destroyed.
(4)
For the purposes of this section, "field crop" means any product grown, developed or raised for purposes, including, but not limited to, human or animal consumption, research, industrial, commercial or pharmacological purposes.
Laws, 2001, ch. 355, § 1, eff. 7/1/2001.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 69 - AGRICULTURE, HORTICULTURE, AND ANIMALS (§§ 69-1-1 — 69-55-9) › Chapter 51 - ETHANOL, ANHYDROUS ALCOHOL AND WET ALCOHOL (§§ 69-51-1 — 69-51-5) › Section 69-51-1 - Goal to encourage ethanol production plants

It is the goal of this state to encourage ethanol production plants in the state to utilize Mississippi-produced corn and other agriculture and forest resource commodities.
Laws, 2002, ch. 603, § 1, eff. 6/30/2002.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 69 - AGRICULTURE, HORTICULTURE, AND ANIMALS (§§ 69-1-1 — 69-55-9) › Chapter 51 - ETHANOL, ANHYDROUS ALCOHOL AND WET ALCOHOL (§§ 69-51-1 — 69-51-5) › Section 69-51-3 - Definitions

For the purposes of this chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings ascribed to them herein unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:
(a)
"Anhydrous alcohol" means fermentation ethyl alcohol derived from biomass, but that does not meet ASTM specifications or is not denatured and is shipped in bond for further processing.
(b)
"Biomass" means any organic matter which is available on a renewable basis including agricultural crops and agricultural wastes and residues, wood and wood wastes and residues, and animal wastes.
(c)
"Ethanol" means fermentation ethyl alcohol which is produced from biomass and, that:
(i)
Meets all of the specifications in ASTM specification D 4806-88; and
(ii)
Is denatured as specified in Code of Federal Regulations, Title 27, parts 20 and 21.
(d)
"Ethanol plant" means a plant at which ethanol, anhydrous alcohol or wet alcohol is produced.
(e)
"Wet alcohol" means agriculturally derived fermentation ethyl alcohol having a purity of at least fifty percent (50%) but less than ninety-nine percent (99%).
Laws, 2002, ch. 603, § 2, eff. 6/30/2002.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 69 - AGRICULTURE, HORTICULTURE, AND ANIMALS (§§ 69-1-1 — 69-55-9) › Chapter 53 - AGRITOURISM (§§ 69-53-1 — 69-53-9) › Section 69-53-1 - Definitions

As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings ascribed, unless the context requires otherwise:
(a)
"Agritourism" means the travel or visit by the general public to, or the practice of inviting or allowing the general public to travel to or visit a working farm, ranch, or other commercial agricultural, aquacultural, horticultural, or forestry operation for the purpose of enjoyment, education, or participation in the activities of the farm, ranch, or other agricultural, aquacultural, horticultural, or forestry operation.
(b)
"Agritourism activity" means any activity which allows members of the general public, for recreational, entertainment or educational purposes, to view or enjoy rural activities, including, but not limited to, farming activities, ranching activities or historic or cultural or natural attractions.
(c)
"Agritourism professional" means any person, partnership, corporation, or the employees or authorized agents, who offer or conduct one or more agritourism activities, whether or not for compensation.
(d)
"Inherent risks of agritourism activity" means those dangers or conditions that are an integral part of an agritourism activity, including, but not limited to, certain hazards involving surface and subsurface conditions, natural conditions of land, vegetation and waters, the behavior of wild or domestic animals, and ordinary dangers of structures or equipment ordinarily used in farming, ranching, or other commercial agricultural, aquacultural, horticultural or forestry operation. Inherent risks of agritourism activity also include the potential of a participant to act in a negligent manner that may contribute to injury to the participant or others, including failing to follow instructions given by the agritourism professional or failing to exercise reasonable caution while engaging in the agritourism activity.
(e)
"Participant" means any person, other than the agritourism professional, who engages in an agritourism activity.
Laws, 2012, ch. 418, § 1, eff. 4/18/2012.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 69 - AGRICULTURE, HORTICULTURE, AND ANIMALS (§§ 69-1-1 — 69-55-9) › Chapter 53 - AGRITOURISM (§§ 69-53-1 — 69-53-9) › Section 69-53-3 - Agritourism activity liability

(1)
Except as provided in subsection (2) of this section, an agritourism professional is not liable for injury to or death of a participant resulting from the inherent risks of agritourism activities if the warning contained in Section
69-53-5
is posted as required and, except as provided in subsection (2) of this section, no participant or participant's representative can maintain an action against or recover from an agritourism professional for injury, loss, damage or death of the participant resulting exclusively from any of the inherent risks of agritourism activities. In any action for damages against an agritourism professional for agritourism activity, the agritourism professional may plead the provisions of this section as an affirmative defense.
(2)
Nothing in subsection (1) of this section prevents or limits the liability of an agritourism professional if the agritourism professional does any one or more of the following:
(a)
Commits or omits an act if the act or omission constitutes willful or wanton disregard for the safety of the participant, and that act or omission proximately causes injury, damage or death to the participant.
(b)
Has actual knowledge or reasonably should have known of a dangerous condition on the land, facilities or equipment used in the activity or the dangerous propensity of a particular animal used in such activity and does not make the danger known to the participant, and the danger proximately causes injury, damage or death to the participant.
(c)
Intentionally injures the participant.
(3)
Nothing in subsection (1) of this section:
(a)
Prevents or limits the liability of an agritourism professional under products liability laws.
(b)
Shall be construed so as to negate that assumption of risk is an affirmative defense.
(4)
Any limitation on legal liability afforded by this section to an agritourism professional is in addition to any other limitations of legal liability otherwise provided by law.
Laws, 2012, ch. 418, § 2, eff. 4/18/2012.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 69 - AGRICULTURE, HORTICULTURE, AND ANIMALS (§§ 69-1-1 — 69-55-9) › Chapter 53 - AGRITOURISM (§§ 69-53-1 — 69-53-9) › Section 69-53-5 - Warning notice

(1)
Every agritourism professional must post and maintain signs that contain the warning notice specified in this section. The sign must be placed in a clearly visible location at the entrance to the agritourism location and at the site of the agritourism activity. The warning notice must consist of a sign in black letters, with each letter to be a minimum of one (1) inch in height. Every written contract entered into by an agritourism professional for the providing of professional services, instruction or the rental of equipment to a participant, whether or not the contract involves agritourism activities on or off the location or at the site of the agritourism activity, must contain in clearly readable print the warning notice specified in subsection (2) of this section.
(2)
The signs and contracts must contain the following notice of warning:
"WARNING
Under Mississippi law, there is no liability for an injury to or death of a participant in an agritourism activity conducted at this agritourism location if the injury or death results from the inherent risks of the agritourism activity. Inherent risks of agritourism activities include, among others, risks of injury inherent to land, equipment and animals, as well as the potential for you or another participant to act in a negligent manner that may contribute to your injury or death. You are assuming the risk of participating in this agritourism activity."
(3)
Failure to comply with the requirements concerning warning signs and notices provided in this section will prevent an agritourism professional from invoking the privileges of immunity provided by this chapter.
Laws, 2012, ch. 418, § 3, eff. 4/18/2012.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 69 - AGRICULTURE, HORTICULTURE, AND ANIMALS (§§ 69-1-1 — 69-55-9) › Chapter 53 - AGRITOURISM (§§ 69-53-1 — 69-53-9) › Section 69-53-7 - Registration of agritourism professionals

(1)
An agritourism professional must register with the Mississippi Department of Agriculture and Commerce on an annual basis. The registration shall contain information describing the agritourism activity that the agritourism professional conducts or intends to conduct and the location where the person conducts or intends to conduct such agritourism activity. Additionally, the agritourism professional must pay an annual fee in the amount of Fifty Dollars ($50.00) to the Department at the time of registration. There is established in the State Treasury a special fund for the Mississippi Department of Agriculture and Commerce for the monies collected under this section. Unexpended monies remaining in the fund at the end of the fiscal year shall not lapse into the State General Fund, and any interest earned or investment earnings on amounts in the fund shall be deposited into the fund.
(2)
The Department shall maintain a list of all registered agritourism professionals, the registered agritourism activities conducted by each professional, and the registered agritourism location where the professional conducts such activities. Such list shall be made available to the public. The Department, in conjunction with other agritourism and rural economic efforts, shall promote and publicize registered agritourism professionals, activities and locations to advance agritourism in the state. The Department assumes no legal liability by registering agritourism professionals, but merely serves to promote agritourism in the state.
(3)
The Department shall adopt guidelines to carry out the intent of this chapter.
Laws, 2012, ch. 418, § 4, eff. 4/18/2012.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 69 - AGRICULTURE, HORTICULTURE, AND ANIMALS (§§ 69-1-1 — 69-55-9) › Chapter 53 - AGRITOURISM (§§ 69-53-1 — 69-53-9) › Section 69-53-9 - [Repealed]

Repealed by Laws, 2018, ch. 315, SB 2918,§ 1, eff. 3/5/2018.
Amended by Laws, 2014, ch. 355, SB 2283, 1, eff. 3/17/2014.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 69 - AGRICULTURE, HORTICULTURE, AND ANIMALS (§§ 69-1-1 — 69-55-9) › Chapter 55 - MISSISSIPPI AGRICULTURE STABILIZATION ACT (§§ 69-55-1 — 69-55-9) › Section 69-55-1 - Short title

This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the "Mississippi Agriculture Stabilization Act."
Added by Laws, 2020, ch. 498, SB 3058,§ 2, (became law without the Governor's signature on October 9, 2020).
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 69 - AGRICULTURE, HORTICULTURE, AND ANIMALS (§§ 69-1-1 — 69-55-9) › Chapter 55 - MISSISSIPPI AGRICULTURE STABILIZATION ACT (§§ 69-55-1 — 69-55-9) › Section 69-55-3 - Establishment of the Poultry Farmer Stabilization Grant Program, the Mississippi Supplemental CFAP Grant Program, and the Sweet Potato Farm Sustainment Grant Program; purpose

In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Mississippi Department of Agriculture and Commerce shall establish and administer the following grant programs:
(a)
The Poultry Farmer Stabilization Grant Program for the purpose of assisting Mississippi poultry farmers who have experienced a loss of at least one (1) full flock of production due to the COVID-19 pandemic;
(b)
The Mississippi Supplemental CFAP Grant Program for the purpose of assisting commodity producers who qualified for the USDA's Coronavirus Food Assistance Program (CFAP); and
(c)
The Sweet Potato Farm Sustainment Grant Program for the purpose of providing grants to sweet potato farmers to cover expenses due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Added by Laws, 2020, ch. 498, SB 3058,§ 3, (became law without the Governor's signature on October 9, 2020).
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 69 - AGRICULTURE, HORTICULTURE, AND ANIMALS (§§ 69-1-1 — 69-55-9) › Chapter 55 - MISSISSIPPI AGRICULTURE STABILIZATION ACT (§§ 69-55-1 — 69-55-9) › Section 69-55-5 - Department of Agriculture to implement regulations and develop procedures for administration and eligibility requirements of programs; administrative expenses; contract with entity to administer programs

(1)
The Department of Agriculture and Commerce shall implement regulations and develop procedures to govern the administration and eligibility requirements of the programs established in this chapter.
(2)
The department may:
(a)
Retain up to three percent (3%) of the funds appropriated to the programs established in this chapter to pay reasonable expenses incurred in the administration of the programs.
(b)
Contract with an entity to administer the programs established in this chapter. When contracting with the entity to administer the programs, the department shall be exempt from Section
27-104-7(2)(g)
requiring approval by the Public Procurement Review Board.
Added by Laws, 2020, ch. 498, SB 3058,§ 4, (became law without the Governor's signature on October 9, 2020).
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 69 - AGRICULTURE, HORTICULTURE, AND ANIMALS (§§ 69-1-1 — 69-55-9) › Chapter 55 - MISSISSIPPI AGRICULTURE STABILIZATION ACT (§§ 69-55-1 — 69-55-9) › Section 69-55-7 - Creation of the Poultry Farmer Stabilization Grant Program Fund, the Mississippi Supplemental CFAP Grant Program Fund, and the Sweet Potato Farm Sustainment Grant Program Fund; use of funds; unexpended monies

(1)
(a)
There is created a special fund in the State Treasury, to be known as the "Poultry Farmer Stabilization Grant Program Fund," from which the grants authorized under the Poultry Farmer Stabilization Grant Program shall be disbursed by the Department of Agriculture and Commerce;
(b)
There is created a special fund in the State Treasury, to be known as the "Mississippi Supplemental CFAP Grant Program Fund," from which the grants authorized under the Mississippi Supplemental CFAP Grant Program shall be disbursed by the Department of Agriculture and Commerce; and
(c)
There is created a special fund in the State Treasury, to be known as the "Sweet Potato Farm Sustainment Grant Program Fund," from which the grants authorized under the Sweet Potato Farm Sustainment Grant Program shall be disbursed by the Department of Agriculture and Commerce.
(2)
(a)
All monies shall be disbursed from the funds created in subsection (1) of this section in compliance with the guidelines, guidance, rules, regulations or other criteria, as may be amended from time to time, of the United States Department of the Treasury regarding the use of monies from the Coronavirus Relief Fund established by the CARES Act. However, unexpended amounts of any monies unrelated to the Coronavirus Relief Fund, whether appropriated by the Legislature or donated by any public or private entity, remaining in the funds at the end of a fiscal year shall not lapse into the Budget Contingency Fund or the State General Fund, and any investment earnings or interest earned on amounts in the grant program funds shall be deposited to the credit of the respective grant program fund; and
(b)
If on December 15, 2020, there are unexpended Coronavirus Relief Fund monies remaining in any fund created in this section, those funds shall be transferred by the State Fiscal Officer into the Unemployment Compensation Fund no later than December 30, 2020.
(3)
The use of funds allocated under these programs shall be subject to audit by the United States Department of the Treasury's Office of Inspector General and the Mississippi Office of the State Auditor. Each person receiving funds under these programs found to be fully or partially noncompliant with the requirements in this chapter shall return to the state all or a portion of the funds received.
Added by Laws, 2020, ch. 498, SB 3058,§ 5, (became law without the Governor's signature on October 9, 2020).
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 69 - AGRICULTURE, HORTICULTURE, AND ANIMALS (§§ 69-1-1 — 69-55-9) › Chapter 55 - MISSISSIPPI AGRICULTURE STABILIZATION ACT (§§ 69-55-1 — 69-55-9) › Section 69-55-9 - Report on utilization of program

The Department of Agriculture and Commerce shall report on the utilization of the programs to the Chair of the Agriculture Committees of the Senate and the House of Representatives, the Lieutenant Governor, the Speaker of the House and the Governor by December 15, 2020. At a minimum, the report shall contain:
(a)
The name of each grant participant; and
(b)
The total amount of payment received by each participant.
Added by Laws, 2020, ch. 498, SB 3058,§ 6, (became law without the Governor's signature on October 9, 2020).
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 71 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY (§§ 71-1-1 — 71-17-7) › Chapter 1 - EMPLOYER AND EMPLOYEE (§§ 71-1-1 — 71-1-55) › Section 71-1-1 - Occupational health and safety program

The state board of health is authorized to establish an occupational health and safety program and is empowered:
(a)
To employ such qualified personnel as staff to carry out the duties and responsibilities set forth herein;
(b)
To develop and make available upon request to all employers of the state, including public employers, information, consultation and assistance related to safety and health laws, regulations, measures and standards; to participate and assist with training and educational programs, directed toward employee safety and disease prevention;
(c)
To employ such personnel and procure such equipment as necessary to provide on-site consultive services related to assistance, information, education or training of employers and employees toward compliance with safety and health standards and toward the establishment of safety and health programs to prevent work-connected disabilities;
(d)
To collect, compile and report statistics related to work-connected disabilities in Mississippi; such statistical work shall be performed in cooperation with other statistic-gathering agencies with the federal and state governments. Such statistical reports as may be available shall be made known to employers and employees.
(e)
To receive such federal or state grants and appropriations as available to further the education, training and assistance to the employers and employees of Mississippi in preventing work-connected disabilities.
(f)
Nothing in this section shall be construed as authorizing the state board of health to administer or enforce in any way the Federal Occupational Safety and Health Act, known as OSHA.
Codes, Hemingway's 1917, § 4499; 1930, § 4637; 1942, § 6977; Laws, 1914, ch. 163; Laws, 1974, ch. 515, § 1, eff. 7/1/1974.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 71 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY (§§ 71-1-1 — 71-17-7) › Chapter 1 - EMPLOYER AND EMPLOYEE (§§ 71-1-1 — 71-1-55) › Section 71-1-3 - through 71-1-9 - [Repealed]

Repealed by Laws, 1974, ch. 515, § 2, eff. 7/1/1974.
§ 71-1-3. [Codes, Hemingway's 1917, § 4501; 1930, § 4638; 1942, § 6978; Laws, 1914, ch. 163] § 71-1-5. [Codes, Hemingway's 1917, § 4502; 1930, § 4639; 1942, § 6979; Laws, 1914, ch. 163] § 71-1-7. [Codes, Hemingway's 1917, § 4503; 1930, § 4640; 1942, § 6980; Law, 1914, ch. 163] § 71-1-9. [Codes, Hemingway's 1917, § 4504; 1930, § 4641; 1942, § 6981; Law, 1914, ch. 163]
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 71 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY (§§ 71-1-1 — 71-17-7) › Chapter 1 - EMPLOYER AND EMPLOYEE (§§ 71-1-1 — 71-1-55) › Section 71-1-11 - [Repealed]

Repealed by Laws, 1972, ch. 374, § 1, eff. 7/1/1972.
Codes, Hemingway's 1917, § 4505; 1930, § 4642; 1942, § 6982; Laws, 1914, ch. 7; Laws, 1926, ch. 189; Laws, 1934, ch. 292.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 71 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY (§§ 71-1-1 — 71-17-7) › Chapter 1 - EMPLOYER AND EMPLOYEE (§§ 71-1-1 — 71-1-55) › Section 71-1-13 - and 71-1-15 - [Repealed]

Repealed by Laws, 1974, ch. 515, § 2, eff. 7/1/1974.
§ 71-1-13. [Codes, Hemingway's 1917, § 4506; 1930, § 4643; 1942, § 6983; Laws, 1916, ch. 95; Laws, 1926, ch. 189] § 71-1-15. [Codes, Hemingway's 1917, § 4507; 1930, § 4644; 1942, § 6984; Laws, 1916, ch. 95; Laws, 1926, ch. 189]
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 71 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY (§§ 71-1-1 — 71-17-7) › Chapter 1 - EMPLOYER AND EMPLOYEE (§§ 71-1-1 — 71-1-55) › Section 71-1-17 - Children under fourteen not to work in mills or factories

No boy or girl under the age of fourteen (14) years shall be employed or permitted to work in any mill, cannery, workshop, factory, or manufacturing establishment within this state.
Codes, Hemingway's 1917, § 4515; 1930, § 4645; 1942, § 6985; Laws, 1914, ch. 164; Laws, 1924, ch. 314.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 71 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY (§§ 71-1-1 — 71-17-7) › Chapter 1 - EMPLOYER AND EMPLOYEE (§§ 71-1-1 — 71-1-55) › Section 71-1-19 - Child labor in accord with school attendance

It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, or corporation to employ, detain, or permit to work in any mill, cannery, workshop, factory, or manufacturing establishment in this state any child under the age of fourteen (14) years, or any child over the age of fourteen (14) years and under the age of sixteen (16) years, unless such child has complied with, or is complying with, the compulsory school attendance law. Such employer shall require such child to present the affidavit of the parent or guardian, or person standing in parental relation to such child, and the certificate of the superintendent or principal of the school of the district in which such child or children reside or in which they last attended school, stating the place and date of the birth of such child, the last school attendance of such child, the grade of study pursued, the name of the school, and the name of the teacher in charge. The employer shall preserve such affidavit and keep a complete register of all such affidavits, showing all the facts contained herein.
Codes, Hemingway's 1917, § 4517; 1930, § 4647; 1942, § 6987; Laws, 1914, ch. 164; Laws, 1924, ch. 314; Laws, 1930, ch. 46.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 71 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY (§§ 71-1-1 — 71-17-7) › Chapter 1 - EMPLOYER AND EMPLOYEE (§§ 71-1-1 — 71-1-55) › Section 71-1-21 - Regulating hours of labor

No boy or girl over fourteen (14) years of age and under sixteen (16) years shall be permitted to work in any mill, cannery, workshop, factory, or manufacturing establishment more than eight (8) hours in one (1) day, or more than forty-four (44) hours in any one (1) week, or be employed in or detained in any such establishment between the hours of 7 p.m. and 6 a.m.
Codes, Hemingway's 1917, §§ 4516, 4523; 1930, § 4646; 1942, § 6986; Laws, 1912, ch. 157; Laws, 1914, chs. 164, 169; Laws, 1916, ch. 239; Laws, 1924, ch. 314; Laws, 1981, ch. 439, § 1, eff. 3/30/1981.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 71 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY (§§ 71-1-1 — 71-17-7) › Chapter 1 - EMPLOYER AND EMPLOYEE (§§ 71-1-1 — 71-1-55) › Section 71-1-23 - Sheriff to enforce law

It shall be the special duty of the sheriff of the county in which the mill, cannery, workshop, factory, or manufacturing establishment employing child labor is located to visit, at least once each month, such mill, cannery, workshop, factory, or manufacturing establishment to see to the enforcement of this chapter.
Codes, Hemingway's 1917, § 4518; 1930, § 4648; 1942, § 6988; Laws, 1914, ch. 164; Laws, 1924, ch. 314.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 71 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY (§§ 71-1-1 — 71-17-7) › Chapter 1 - EMPLOYER AND EMPLOYEE (§§ 71-1-1 — 71-1-55) › Section 71-1-25 - County health officer to inspect

It shall be the duty of the county health officer to visit, without notice of his intention to do so, all mills, canneries, workshops, factories, or manufacturing establishments employing child labor within his county at least twice each year, or oftener if requested by the sheriff, and to promptly report to the sheriff any unsanitary condition of the premises, any child or children afflicted with infectious, contagious, or communicable diseases, or whose physical condition renders such child or children incapacitated to perform the work required of them. The sheriff shall promptly remove such child or children from such mill, cannery, workshop, factory, or manufacturing establishment, and order the premises put in sanitary condition. The judgment of the county health officer as to the physical condition of the children and the sanitary condition of the premises shall be final and conclusive.
Codes, Hemingway's 1917, § 4519; 1930, § 4649; 1942, § 6989; Laws, 1914, ch. 164; Laws, 1924, ch. 314.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 71 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY (§§ 71-1-1 — 71-17-7) › Chapter 1 - EMPLOYER AND EMPLOYEE (§§ 71-1-1 — 71-1-55) › Section 71-1-27 - Misdemeanor to fail or refuse to obey order of officer

Any officer, manager, or superintendent of any mill, cannery, workshop, factory, or manufacturing establishment in which child labor is employed who shall fail or refuse to give true and correct information demanded of him by any officer hereinbefore directed to inspect such mill, cannery, workshop, factory, or manufacturing establishment, or who shall fail or refuse to obey any lawful order of the sheriff or health officer of the county in which said mill, cannery, workshop, factory, or manufacturing establishment is located for carrying out the purpose of this chapter, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be fined not less than Ten Dollars ($10.00) nor more than One Hundred Dollars ($100.00).
Codes, Hemingway's 1917, § 4521; 1930, § 4650; 1942, § 6990; Laws, 1914, ch. 164; Laws, 1924, ch. 314.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 71 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY (§§ 71-1-1 — 71-17-7) › Chapter 1 - EMPLOYER AND EMPLOYEE (§§ 71-1-1 — 71-1-55) › Section 71-1-29 - Misdemeanor to violate child labor laws

Any person, firm, or corporation, or the superintendent or any officer of the mill, cannery, workshop, factory, or manufacturing establishment employing any child, or permitting any child to be employed by or to work in, or to be detained in any mill, cannery, workshop, factory, or manufacturing establishment in this state contrary to law shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be fined not less than Fifty Dollars ($50.00) nor more than One Hundred Dollars ($100.00), or may be sentenced to the county jail for not less than ten (10) days nor more than sixty (60) days, or both such fine and imprisonment.
Codes, Hemingway's 1917, § 4522; 1930, § 4651; 1942, § 6991; Laws, 1914, ch. 164; Laws, 1924, ch. 314.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 71 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY (§§ 71-1-1 — 71-17-7) › Chapter 1 - EMPLOYER AND EMPLOYEE (§§ 71-1-1 — 71-1-55) › Section 71-1-31 - Certain canneries excepted

The provisions of Sections
71-1-17
through
71-1-29
shall not apply to fruit or vegetable canneries.
Code, 1930, § 4652; 1942, § 6992; Laws, 1924, ch. 314.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 71 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY (§§ 71-1-1 — 71-17-7) › Chapter 1 - EMPLOYER AND EMPLOYEE (§§ 71-1-1 — 71-1-55) › Section 71-1-33 - [Repealed]

Repealed by Laws, 1981, ch. 310, § 1, eff. 3/2/1981.
Codes, Hemingway's 1917, § 4527; 1930, § 4653; 1942, § 6993; Laws, 1914, ch. 165.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 71 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY (§§ 71-1-1 — 71-17-7) › Chapter 1 - EMPLOYER AND EMPLOYEE (§§ 71-1-1 — 71-1-55) › Section 71-1-35 - Pay of employees twice a month

(1)
Every corporation, company, association, partnership and individual person engaged in manufacturing of any kind in this state employing as many as fifty (50) or more employees and employing public labor, and every public service corporation doing business in this state shall be required to make full payment to employees for services performed as often as once every two (2) weeks or twice during each calendar month, or on the second and fourth Saturday, respectively, of each month. Such payment or settlement shall include all amounts due for labor or services performed up to not more than ten (10) days previous to the time of payment, except that public service corporations shall not be required to make payment for labor or services performed up to more than fifteen (15) days prior to the time of payment.
(2)
For the purposes of this section, the term "employee" shall not include any individual employed in a bona fide executive, administrative or professional capacity.
Codes, Hemingway's 1917, § 4530; 1930, § 4654; 1942, § 6994; Laws, 1916, ch. 241; Laws, 1991, ch. 407, § 1, eff. 7/1/1991.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 71 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY (§§ 71-1-1 — 71-17-7) › Chapter 1 - EMPLOYER AND EMPLOYEE (§§ 71-1-1 — 71-1-55) › Section 71-1-37 - Discounting trade checks prohibited

Every person, company, association, partnership, manufacturing company, or railroad company now existing or hereafter organized in this state engaged in employing labor for manufacturing purposes, or any railroad within this state shall be prohibited from discounting any trade check, coupons, or other written instrument issued for the payment of such labor. It shall be unlawful for any person, partnership, corporation, or trade establishment purchasing said trade checks, coupons, or other instruments issued for the payment of such labor to discount the same. Any person, partnership, corporation, or trade establishment purchasing the same at a discount, or any company, corporation, railroad, or other person issuing said checks, coupons, or other written instruments who shall discount the same in settlement with the employees shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be fined not less than Ten Dollars ($10.00) and not more than Fifty Dollars ($50.00) for each offense.
Codes, Hemingway's 1917, § 4532; 1930, § 4656; 1942, § 6996; Laws, 1914, ch 138.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 71 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY (§§ 71-1-1 — 71-17-7) › Chapter 1 - EMPLOYER AND EMPLOYEE (§§ 71-1-1 — 71-1-55) › Section 71-1-39 - Trade checks must be paid in cash

All persons, firms, or corporations engaged in manufacturing and issuing trade checks, coupons, or other instruments of writing in payment for labor shall, on or after the regular pay day, cash said check or checks so issued at their face value less any amount that may be due by the party to whom issued. Any such person, firm, or corporation so engaged in manufacturing and failing to settle such claim as herein required shall be liable to pay to the holder thereof twenty-five per cent. (25%) on the face of said check as damages in the event any suit or action shall be brought to enforce the payment thereof. This section shall only apply when the amount claimed is One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) or less.
Codes, Hemingway's 1917, § 4533; 1930, § 4657; 1942, § 6997; Laws, 1914, ch. 138.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 71 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY (§§ 71-1-1 — 71-17-7) › Chapter 1 - EMPLOYER AND EMPLOYEE (§§ 71-1-1 — 71-1-55) › Section 71-1-41 - Employee trust plan

A trust of real or personal property, or real and personal property combined, created either heretofore or hereafter by an employer as part of a pension plan, disability or death benefit plan, or profit-sharing plan for the exclusive benefit of some or all of his or its employees, to which contributions are made by such employer or employees, or both, for the purpose of distributing to such employees the earnings and the principal of such trust, shall not be deemed to be invalid as violating any existing laws against perpetuities, restraints on alienation, suspension of the power of alienation, or the accumulation of income; but such a trust may continue for such time as may be necessary to accomplish the purpose for which it may be created.
No trust of real or personal property, or real and personal property combined, created either heretofore or hereafter under a retirement plan for which provision has been made under the laws of the United States of America exempting such trust from federal income tax shall be deemed to be invalid as violating any existing laws against perpetuities, restraints on alienation, suspension of the power of alienation of title to property, or the accumulation of income; but such a trust may continue for such time as may be necessary to accomplish the purposes for which it may be created, may be permitted to accumulate the income arising from the property held therein until such time as such income shall become distributable to the beneficiary or beneficiaries under the terms of the trust, may according to its terms be made irrevocable, and the interests of its beneficiary or beneficiaries therein may be made nontransferable by assignment or otherwise.
Codes, 1942, § 6995.5; Laws, 1954, ch. 205.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 71 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY (§§ 71-1-1 — 71-17-7) › Chapter 1 - EMPLOYER AND EMPLOYEE (§§ 71-1-1 — 71-1-55) › Section 71-1-43 - Income or principal of employee trust plan not to be encumbered

The income or principal payable to a beneficiary or beneficiaries under any trust created by an employer as part of a pension plan, disability or death benefit plan, profit-sharing plan, or under any trust created under a retirement plan for which provision has been made under the laws of the United States of America exempting such trust from federal income tax shall not be pledged, assigned, transferred, sold, or in any manner whatsoever accelerated, anticipated, or encumbered by the beneficiary or beneficiaries. Nor shall any income or principal be in any manner subject or liable in the hands of the trustee for the debts, contracts, or engagements of the beneficiary or beneficiaries, or be subject to any assignment or other involuntary alienation or disposition whatsoever. Nor shall any income or principal be subject to the levy of any execution, writ of attachment, or garnishment thereon.
Codes, 1942, § 6995.3; Laws, 1954, ch. 206.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 71 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY (§§ 71-1-1 — 71-17-7) › Chapter 1 - EMPLOYER AND EMPLOYEE (§§ 71-1-1 — 71-1-55) › Section 71-1-45 - Assignment or pledge of wages

No assignment or pledge of wages, in any form, made or executed directly or collaterally in the payment of, or as security for, the purchase of or contract to purchase any goods, wares, or merchandise shall be valid against or binding upon any employer, or the wages of any employee in the hands of, or owing, or to become owing to such employee, unless the assignee or pledgee thereof shall, prior to the delivery of the goods, wares, or merchandise so purchased or prior to consummation of any contract to purchase the same, serve upon the employer of such assignor, or pledgor, a duly executed copy of such assignment, or pledge, or contract to purchase and obtain such employer's acceptance of notice thereof and agreement in writing to be bound by the terms of such assignment or pledge.
Codes, 1942, § 275; Laws, 1940, ch. 291.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 71 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY (§§ 71-1-1 — 71-17-7) › Chapter 1 - EMPLOYER AND EMPLOYEE (§§ 71-1-1 — 71-1-55) › Section 71-1-47 - Denial or abridgment of work

It is hereby declared to be the public policy of Mississippi that the right of a person or persons to work shall not be denied or abridged on account of membership or non-membership in any labor union or labor organization:
(a)
Any agreement or combination between any employer and any labor union or labor organization whereby any person not a member of such union or organization shall be denied the right to work for an employer, or whereby such membership is made a condition of employment or continuation of employment by such employer, or whereby any such union or organization acquires an employment monopoly in any enterprise, is hereby declared to be an illegal combination or conspiracy and against public policy.
(b)
No person shall be required by an employer to become or remain a member of any labor union or labor organization as a condition of employment or continuation of employment by such employer.
(c)
No person shall be required by an employer to abstain or refrain from membership in any labor union or labor organization as a condition of employment or continuation of employment.
(d)
No employer shall require any person, as a condition of employment or continuation of employment, to pay any dues, fees, or other charges of any kind to any labor union or labor organization.
(e)
Any person who may be denied employment or be deprived of continuation of his employment in violation of any paragraph of this section shall be entitled to recover from such employer and from any other person, firm, corporation, or association acting in concert with him, by appropriate action in the courts of this state, such actual damages as he may have sustained by reason of such denial or deprivation of employment.
(f)
The provisions of this section shall not apply to any lawful contract now in force, but they shall apply to all contracts hereafter entered into and to any renewal or extension of an existing contract hereafter occurring.
(g)
The provisions of this section shall not apply to any employer or employee under the jurisdiction of the Federal Railway Labor Act.
Codes, 1942, § 6984.5; Laws, 1954, ch. 249, §§ 1, 2.