Any exporter shall pay to the department a severance fee of an amount not to exceed one-tenth (1/10) of the value of the shells. The severance fee payments shall be made on the forms and in the manner prescribed by the commission. The exporter shall file a surety bond of Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00) with the department.
Structure Mississippi Code
Title 49 - Conservation and Ecology
§ 49-9-3. Mussels to be owned by state
§ 49-9-10. Exporters to pay severance fees; surety bonds
§ 49-9-11. Deposit of collected monies in game and fish protection fund
§ 49-9-13. Regulation of mussel beds; taking of mussels; notice