Mississippi Code
Title 69 - Agriculture, Horticulture, and Animals

§ 69-1-28. State regulations governing free-range poultry shall be no more stringent than federal regulations on free-range chickens - Any regulations or best management practices adopted by the Commissioner...

§ 69-1-29. Inspection of seed and fertilizer furnished by the federal government - The Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce of the State of...

§ 69-1-30. Security guards for Jim Buck Ross Mississippi Agriculture and Forestry Museum - The Department of Agriculture and Commerce is hereby authorized to...

§ 69-1-32. "Jim Buck Ross Mississippi Agriculture and Forestry Museum" designated - The Mississippi Agriculture and Forestry Museum shall be renamed and...

§ 69-1-40. Warehouses for storage of lime - The Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce is hereby authorized at...

§ 69-1-45. Construction and purpose of chapter - The provisions of this chapter shall not be construed in...

§ 69-1-47. Funding for repairs and renovations at farmers' market - The Mississippi Department of Agriculture and Commerce is hereby authorized...

§ 69-1-53. Studies concerning the market feasibility of the sale of hybrid bream and hybrid black stripe crappie - The Division of Agriculture, Forestry and Veterinary Medicine at Mississippi...

Mississippi Marketing of Agricultural Products and Industry Program Act of 1988

§ 69-1-101. Short title - Sections 69-1-101 through 69-1-117 shall be known and cited as...

§ 69-1-103. Creation of "Marketing of Agricultural Products and Industry Program" and "Marketing of Agricultural Products and Industry Council"; purpose - There is hereby created within the Department of Agriculture and...

§ 69-1-105. Membership of council; cooperative agreement between agencies represented on council; authority to enter into agreements and contracts; annual report; agricultural marketing director; expenses of council - In addition, the council shall be authorized to contract or...

§ 69-1-107. Duties and responsibilities of the council - The duties and responsibilities of the council shall be the...

§ 69-1-109. Rules and regulations - The council is hereby authorized and empowered to promulgate rules...

§ 69-1-111. Authorization to accept contributions, gifts and grants; agricultural marketing fund - The Mississippi Marketing of Agricultural Products and Industry Council is...

§ 69-1-115. Authorization for payment of per diem compensation and actual expenses to council members; exceptions - Members of the council shall serve without compensation, provided that...

§ 69-1-117. Liberal construction; savings clause - The provisions of Sections 69-1-101 through 69-1-117 shall be liberally...

Mississippi Department of Agriculture and Commerce Reorganization Act of 1991

§ 69-1-201. Short title - This act [Laws, 1991, ch 530] shall be known and...

§ 69-1-203. Functions of department; organization of department into offices; duties of offices - The Department of Agriculture and Commerce shall promote the development...

Disparagement of Perishable Agricultural or Aquacultural Food Product

§ 69-1-251. Legislative findings - The Legislature finds that the production of agricultural and aquacultural...

§ 69-1-253. Definitions - As used in Sections 69-1-251 through 69-1-257, the following terms...

§ 69-1-255. Cause of action for damages and appropriate relief - Any producer of perishable agricultural or aquacultural food products who...

§ 69-1-257. Limitations of action - Any civil action for damages for disparagement of perishable agricultural...

Mississippi Country of Origin Labeling Law of 2009

§ 69-1-301. Short title - Sections 69-1-301 through 69-1-319 shall be known as the "Mississippi...

§ 69-1-303. Definitions - For purposes of Sections 69-1-301 through 69-1-319, the following terms...

§ 69-1-315. Authority to enter into cooperative agreements with federal government - The commissioner may cooperate with and enter into agreement with...

Interagency Farm to School Council

§ 69-1-353. Definitions - For purposes of Sections 69-1-351 and 69-1-353, the following terms...

Certificates of Free Sale for Agricultural Products Exported From Mississippi

§ 69-1-371. Purpose - A certificate of free sale is sometimes required for agricultural...

§ 69-1-373. Definitions - As used in Sections 69-1-371 through 69-1-375: "Agricultural products" means,...

§ 69-1-375. Certificates of free trade for agricultural products grown or manufactured in, or distributed and sold from Mississippi; contents of request for certificate - If labeling is in a foreign language, applicant shall provide...

Chapter 2 - Mississippi Farm Reform Act

General Provisions

§ 69-2-1. Short title - This chapter shall be known and may be cited as...

§ 69-2-3. Legislative intent - The Legislature hereby finds and declares that there exists within...

§ 69-2-9. Definitions - For the purposes of Sections 69-2-7 through 69-2-41, the following...

§ 69-2-11. Emerging crop designations - Emerging crop designations shall include, but not be limited to:...

§ 69-2-13. Emerging Crops Fund; loans for agribusinesses and small business concerns; loans for planning and development districts; program to assist minority business enterprises; loans for regional crafts projects; financing agribusiness programs;... - From and after July 1, 2010, monies not loaned or...

§ 69-2-21. Full faith, credit, and taxing power of state pledged to payment of bonds - For the payment of such bonds and the interest thereon,...

§ 69-2-23. Execution, delivery, conversion, redemption, and sale of general obligation bonds - Such bonds may be executed and delivered by the state...

§ 69-2-25. Interest and interest rates on bonds - No bond issued under Sections 69-2-19 through 69-2-39 of this...

§ 69-2-27. Notice of bond sales - Notice of the sale of any such bonds shall be...

§ 69-2-29. Execution procedures for bonds and coupons - All bonds shall be executed on behalf of the state...

§ 69-2-31. Transfer and disbursement of proceeds of sale of bonds and notes - Upon the issuance and sale of bonds or notes, the...

§ 69-2-33. Duties of Attorney General with respect to bonds and notes; costs of issuing bonds and notes - Except as otherwise authorized in Section 7-5-39, the Attorney General...

§ 69-2-35. Bonds and notes as legal investments for banks and other entities - Bonds or notes issued under Sections 69-2-19 through 69-2-39 of...

§ 69-2-37. Tax treatment of bonds and notes, and income therefrom - All bonds or notes issued under Sections 69-2-19 through 69-2-39...

§ 69-2-39. Empowering clause; exemption from limitations generally imposed on state obligations - Sections 69-2-19 through 69-2-39 of this chapter, without reference to...

§ 69-2-41. Savings clause - If for any reason any section, paragraph, provision, clause or...

Voluntary Farm Debt Mediation Program

§ 69-2-51. Prospective repeal of voluntary mediation provisions - Sections 69-2-43 through 69-2-49 of this chapter, which create a...

Chapter 3 - Agricultural Seeds

Article 1 - Sales

§ 69-3-1. Definitions - Wherever the following terms or similar terms are used in...

§ 69-3-5. Labeling requirements - 1. Percentage of germination, exclusive of hard seed or firm...

§ 69-3-11. Exemptions - Agricultural seed or mixtures of same, vegetable seed, flower seed,...

§ 69-3-13. Disclaimers, nonwarranties and limited warranties - A disclaimer, nonwarranty or limited warranty used on labels or...

§ 69-3-21. Seizures - The commissioner may cause to be seized and held any...

§ 69-3-22. Procedure for complaint before council - "NOTICE: As a prerequisite to maintaining a legal action based...

§ 69-3-25. Penalties - Any person who violates any provision of this article or...

§ 69-3-27. Disposition of fees - All fees collected by the Commissioner under this article, except...

Article 3 - Seed Certification

§ 69-3-101. Designation of state seed certifying agency - The Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce, the president of Mississippi...

§ 69-3-103. Designation of state seed board - There is hereby created a state seed board composed of...

§ 69-3-105. State seed board; financial responsibility - Neither the state seed board, Mississippi State University of Agriculture...

§ 69-3-107. Certification to be self-supporting - The work of the official state seed certifying agency shall...

§ 69-3-109. Advertising; tags - Every person, firm, association or corporation who shall issue, use...

§ 69-3-111. Prohibiting the state seed certifying agency from selling or processing certified seed - The state seed certifying agency shall not have the power...

§ 69-3-113. Rules and regulations - The duly approved state seed certifying agency is hereby vested...

§ 69-3-115. Appeals - Any person desiring a change in the rules and regulations...

§ 69-3-117. Approval required for issuance, use, or circulation of certification - It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, association or...

§ 69-3-119. Enforcement of this article - The Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce of Mississippi is hereby...

Chapter 5 - Fairs; Stock Shows; Improvement of Livestock

Article 1 - Mississippi Fair Commission and State Fair Grounds

§ 69-5-1. Mississippi Fair Commission created - In order to promote agricultural and industrial development in Mississippi...

§ 69-5-5. Executive secretary of Mississippi Fair Commission - The Mississippi Fair Commission may name an executive secretary and...

§ 69-5-7. Headquarters of Mississippi Fair Commission - Headquarters of the Mississippi Fair Commission shall be in connection...

§ 69-5-8. "Kirk Fordice Equine Center" designated - The building under the jurisdiction of the Mississippi Fair Commission,...

§ 69-5-9. Effect of Sections 69-5-1 through 69-5-9 on livestock shows - Nothing in Sections 69-5-1 through 69-5-9 shall be construed to...

§ 69-5-13. Requests for improvement of State Fair grounds - The Mississippi Fair Commission is hereby authorized and empowered, in...

§ 69-5-15. Revenue bonds; issuance for improvement on state fair grounds - The Department of Finance and Administration shall have power and...

§ 69-5-17. Revenue bonds; sale, payment and redemption - The State Bond Commission may sell the bonds referred to...

§ 69-5-19. Revenue bonds; disposition of proceeds; additional bonds in case of deficit - The proceeds of bonds sold pursuant to Section 69-5-17 shall...

§ 69-5-21. Revenue bonds; state not obligated by issuance - Revenue bonds issued under the provisions of Sections 69-5-15 and...

§ 69-5-23. Revenue bonds; negotiability - All bonds issued under the provisions of Sections 69-5-15 and...

§ 69-5-25. Revenue bonds; sections constitute full authority for issuance; validation - Revenue bonds may be issued without any other proceedings or...

§ 69-5-27. Mississippi Fair Commission authorized to borrow - The Mississippi Fair Commission, created by Section 69-5-1, shall have...

§ 69-5-29. Free passes prohibited - The Mississippi State Fair Commission may by regulation establish policies...

Article 3 - Stock Shows and Improvement of Livestock

§ 69-5-101. Mississippi Livestock Show; creation; directors - In order to encourage and promote the raising of livestock...

§ 69-5-103. Livestock show districts - For the purposes of this article, the State of Mississippi...

§ 69-5-107. Dairy shows - Dairy shows shall be held, in addition to the livestock...

§ 69-5-109. Roundup shows - A roundup show shall be held, in addition to the...

§ 69-5-111. Prizes or awards - The directors mentioned in Section 69-5-101 are hereby authorized to...

§ 69-5-113. Supervisors may appropriate money in aid of livestock shows - The board of supervisors of any county in Mississippi is...

§ 69-5-114. Certain livestock shows to be held at no charge for use of facilities - In any livestock facility constructed, renovated or expanded with funds...

§ 69-5-115. Mississippi Delta Livestock Fair Association; creation; holding of livestock shows; prizes and awards - In order to encourage and promote the raising of livestock...

§ 69-5-117. Mississippi Delta Livestock Fair Association; appropriations by supervisors - The board of supervisors of any of the counties composing...

§ 69-5-119. Mississippi Delta Livestock Fair Association; supervisors may levy tax - The board of supervisors of all counties in this state,...

Chapter 7 - Markets and Marketing; Domestic Fish Farming

Article 3 - Mississippi Central Market Board

§ 69-7-101. Central Market Board created - For the purpose of aiding, establishing and providing proper facilities...

§ 69-7-103. Members; appointment and term of office - The board shall consist of the State Commissioner of Agriculture...

§ 69-7-105. Meetings of the board; compensation of members - The board shall meet at least once each quarter during...

§ 69-7-107. Headquarters; organization - The board shall be domiciled at or near Jackson, Mississippi,...

§ 69-7-109. Powers and duties of the board - The board shall have the power to: Fix salaries of...

§ 69-7-111. State market manager; bond, duties, compensation - The board is authorized to select an executive officer to...

§ 69-7-113. State market manager to keep records and make reports - The market manager shall keep, or have kept, records of...

§ 69-7-115. Acquisition of facilities, equipment, etc. - The board is hereby authorized subject to the approval of...

§ 69-7-119. Limitation on powers of board - The board shall not have the power to: acquire, construct,...

§ 69-7-121. Central market fund - All funds collected under this article shall be deposited in...

Article 5 - Poultry and Poultry Products

§ 69-7-201. What constitutes "doing business"; resident agent; service of process - For the purposes of this article, every person, firm, corporation,...

§ 69-7-203. License required; fees; renewals - Every person, firm, partnership, association, corporation, or other legal entity...

§ 69-7-205. Issuance and renewal or refusal of license - The commissioner of agriculture and commerce is hereby authorized, empowered...

§ 69-7-207. Application for license - The Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce shall prescribe and furnish...

§ 69-7-209. Appeal from refusal to grant license - Any person feeling aggrieved with the decision of the commissioner...

§ 69-7-211. Injunctions - Should any person continue to operate such business without having...

§ 69-7-213. Penalties - Any person who continues the operation of any of the...

Article 6 - Egg Marketing Board

§ 69-7-251. Definitions - As used in this article, the terms defined in this...

§ 69-7-253. Board continued; membership; terms; vacancies - There is hereby continued the Mississippi Egg Marketing Board with...

§ 69-7-255. Quorum; oath; compensation; board a body corporate; powers - A majority of the members of the board shall constitute...

§ 69-7-257. Administration of article; rules and regulations - Except for the collections of the proceeds of the assessment...

§ 69-7-259. General powers and duties of board - The powers and duties of the board shall include, but...

§ 69-7-261. Commodity advertising, publicity, consumer information and sales promotion - The board shall plan and conduct campaigns for commodity advertising,...

§ 69-7-263. Assessment on eggs; costs of inspections; utilization of proceeds of assessment - There is hereby imposed and levied an assessment at a...

§ 69-7-265. Records and reports of dealers and handlers - Every dealer or handler shall keep a complete and accurate...

§ 69-7-267. Licenses - Every person owning over three thousand (3,000) hens, or who...

§ 69-7-269. Producers prohibited from distributing eggs on which assessment not paid; payment of assessment by dealer - No egg producer with over three thousand (3,000) hens nor...

§ 69-7-271. Civil penalties - Any dealer or handler who fails to file a report...

§ 69-7-273. Criminal penalties - Any person required to pay the assessment provided for in...

§ 69-7-275. Application - The provisions of this article shall not apply to any...

Article 7 - Egg Marketing

§ 69-7-321. Producers selling own production exempt from article; exemptions under federal "Eggs Products Inspection Act" - Producers selling eggs of their own production, when offered on...

§ 69-7-323. Minimum requirements for eggs offered for sale - No person, firm, organization or corporation shall sell, offer for...

§ 69-7-325. Weight and size requirements of eggs - The net weight and size requirements that are now or...

§ 69-7-327. Egg marketing containers to describe contents - Any container or subcontainer in which eggs are marketed to...

§ 69-7-329. Marketing agents; maintenance of egg handling facilities - Any person, business, cooperative, partnership, corporation or the like engaged...

§ 69-7-331. Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce and his agents authorized to enter premises where eggs are sold - In carrying out the provisions of this article, the Commissioner...

§ 69-7-333. Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce to enforce article - The powers of enforcement of this article shall be vested...

§ 69-7-335. Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce to promulgate regulations - The Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce of Mississippi is authorized...

§ 69-7-337. Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce may issue "stop sale order." - If an authorized representative of the Commissioner of Agriculture and...

§ 69-7-339. Penalties for violations - Every person, firm, corporation or organization who by himself or...

Article 9 - Vegetable Marketing

§ 69-7-401. Marketing committee and districts - A committee is hereby created to consist of seven members,...

§ 69-7-403. Additional districts and committee - A committee is hereby created to consist of nine members,...

§ 69-7-405. Regulation of marketing - Whenever either the committee created by Section 69-7-401 or the...

§ 69-7-407. Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce to enforce regulations - The Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce shall have authority and...

§ 69-7-409. Penalties - Every person, who by themselves, their agents or employees, violates...

Article 11 - Domestic Fish Farming

§ 69-7-501. Definitions - In recognition of the fact that domestic fish farming has...

§ 69-7-503. Construction of article - This article shall not be construed to permit the sale...

Article 13 - Catfish Marketing

§ 69-7-601. Short title - This article shall be known as the "Mississippi Catfish Marketing...

§ 69-7-602. Legislative findings - The Legislature finds that aquaculture sales and consumption have increased...

§ 69-7-603. Administration - This article shall be administered by the Commissioner of Agriculture...

§ 69-7-605. Definitions - For purposes of this article, the following terms shall have...

§ 69-7-607. Labeling of catfish and fish products; notice of country of origin; method of notification; record-keeping audit trail; commissioner authorized to inspect businesses for compliance; exceptions - 1. In case of "Farm-raised Catfish or Farm-raised Fish," it...

§ 69-7-609. Information as to origin of catfish products - All distributors, processors or wholesalers of catfish products, distributing or...

§ 69-7-612. Commissioner authorized to enter premises to take samples for testing to determine compliance - The commissioner shall have authority to enter the premises of...

§ 69-7-615. Cooperation - The commissioner may cooperate with and enter into agreements with...

§ 69-7-617. Information concerning production and sales of catfish products - The commissioner shall publish at least biannually, in such form...

Article 15 - Mississippi Catfish Processor Fair Practices Act

§ 69-7-651. Short title - This chapter shall be known and may be cited as...

§ 69-7-653. Administration of article - This article shall be administered by the Commissioner of Agriculture...

§ 69-7-655. Legislative findings and purpose - The Legislature finds that a burden on and an obstruction...

§ 69-7-657. Definitions - For purposes of this article, the following terms shall have...

§ 69-7-661. Registration of processors; orders with respect to insolvent registrants - On and after July 1, 1986, every catfish processor shall...

§ 69-7-663. Unlawful practices - It shall be unlawful, with respect to catfish or catfish...

Article 17 - Weighing Devices for Farm-Raised Catfish -

Article 19 - Grading and Certification of Fruits and Nuts

§ 69-7-751. Legislative declaration and intent - The Legislature declares a need to promote Mississippi agricultural products...

§ 69-7-753. Food Products Certification Office; creation; establishment; and responsibilities - There is created in the Department of Agriculture and Commerce...

§ 69-7-755. Hiring of marketing managers; qualifications and salaries; Producer Advisory Board - The Department of Agriculture and Commerce shall hire not more...

Chapter 8 - Beef Promotion and Research Program

§ 69-8-1. Purpose - The purpose of this chapter shall be to promote the...

§ 69-8-3. Definitions - For the purposes of this chapter, the following terms shall...

Chapter 9 - Soybean Promotion Board

§ 69-9-1. Purpose of chapter - The purpose of this chapter is to promote the growth...

§ 69-9-11. Controlling effect of chapter - Notwithstanding the provisions of any laws or parts of laws...

§ 69-9-13. State Tax Commission to assist department in collecting assessments - The State Tax Commission shall provide any information necessary to...

Chapter 10 - Rice Promotion Board

§ 69-10-1. Purpose - The purpose of this chapter is to promote the growth...

§ 69-10-11. Provisions to be controlling - Notwithstanding the provisions of any laws or parts of laws...

§ 69-10-13. State Tax Commission to assist department in collecting assessments - The State Tax Commission shall provide any information necessary to...

Chapter 11 - Swine

§ 69-11-1. Declaration of purpose - The purpose of this chapter is to eradicate and prevent...

§ 69-11-3. Definition of terms - For the purpose of this chapter, the following words shall...

§ 69-11-7. Authority of commissioner and state veterinarian - The commissioner is hereby charged with the execution and enforcement...

§ 69-11-9. Rules and regulations - The commissioner shall have power and authority to promulgate reasonable...

§ 69-11-11. Inspection and investigation - The commissioner, the state veterinarian or any authorized employee of...

§ 69-11-13. Quarantine powers - In addition to other quarantine powers now authorized by law,...

§ 69-11-15. Penalty - Whoever violates this chapter shall be guilty of a misdemeanor...

Chapter 13 - Stock Laws, Estrays

Article 1 - General Stock Law

§ 69-13-1. General stock law - There is declared, created and now in existence a statewide...

§ 69-13-3. Election; ballots - The board of supervisors shall provide for the holding of...

§ 69-13-5. Counties; excepted - The provisions of this article as to holding elections as...

§ 69-13-7. Fences - If two or more adjoining counties shall at an election...

§ 69-13-9. Lawful fence in open range counties defined - In open range counties all fences four feet high, in...

§ 69-13-11. Stock law districts in counties with sea walls - In counties in the State of Mississippi wherein sea walls...

§ 69-13-13. Tick reinfestation - If any county in the State of Mississippi by vote...

§ 69-13-15. Stock taken up; what done - Any livestock as referred to in Section 69-13-1, found running...

§ 69-13-17. Any person may take up stock - Any such livestock as referred to in Section 69-13-1 may...

§ 69-13-19. Owner liable for damages - Every owner of livestock referred to in Section 69-13-1 shall...

§ 69-13-21. How lien enforced - The person taking up an animal trespassing, after two days...

§ 69-13-23. Appeal to circuit court - The party against whom judgment may be given in a...

§ 69-13-25. Case brought in circuit court to enforce lien where over two hundred dollars claimed - If the amount claimed for the damages by animals trespassing...

§ 69-13-27. Owner may replevy animal - The owner of the animal, or person entitled to the...

Article 3 - Livestock at Large on Federal or State Highways

§ 69-13-101. Unlawful for livestock to roam at large on federal or state designated highways - It shall be and is hereby declared unlawful for any...

§ 69-13-103. Responsibility of commissioner of public safety for impounding of livestock; authority of supervisors - The commissioner of public safety shall be placed in charge...

§ 69-13-105. Charges against impounded livestock - The fees, assessments, liens and charges against livestock picked up...

§ 69-13-107. Highway safety patrol to provide equipment or contract with private individuals to remove livestock - The Mississippi Highway Safety Patrol shall, in the alternative: Provide...

§ 69-13-109. Description of impounded livestock to be published; form; notice of sale - When any livestock shall have been taken up and impounded...

§ 69-13-111. Owners of livestock roaming at large liable for damages - The owners of livestock which through their owner's negligence are...

§ 69-13-113. State or county not liable for injury to impounded livestock - Neither the state nor any county shall be liable for...

§ 69-13-115. Penalty for removal of impounded livestock without paying fees - Any person who wrongfully removes impounded livestock from the enclosure...

§ 69-13-117. Nature and construction of article - This article is cumulative and in addition to all other...

Article 5 - Highway Fencing Law

§ 69-13-201. Title of article - This article shall be known as the "Highway Fencing Law."

§ 69-13-203. Intent of article - It is the intent of this article to vest the...

§ 69-13-205. Authority and duty of supervisors - The respective boards of supervisors of the several counties of...

§ 69-13-207. Tax; authority of supervisors to levy - The boards of supervisors in said counties are hereby authorized...

§ 69-13-209. Tax; election; use of proceeds; authority of supervisors where tax not authorized - Before said board of supervisors is authorized to levy the...

§ 69-13-211. No reimbursement under Homestead Exemption Law - No reimbursement shall be made under the Homestead Exemption Law...

Article 7 - Estrays

§ 69-13-301. Estrays to be taken up, posted, and ranger notified - When a person shall find any horse, mule, jack, cattle,...

§ 69-13-303. Appraisement and description of estrays - On receiving notice of the taking up of an estray,...

§ 69-13-305. Registering and advertising estrays - The ranger shall keep a book in which he shall...

§ 69-13-307. Estray may be used by taker up - Any person taking up estrays may retain possession thereof and...

§ 69-13-309. Estray suitable for food slaughtered - When an animal fit for food shall be taken up...

§ 69-13-311. Death or escape of estrays reported - When any estray shall die or escape, the taker up...

§ 69-13-313. Estrays to be sold if not claimed - If the estray shall not be claimed and proved within...

§ 69-13-315. How owner may prove and reclaim - A person claiming to be the owner of any animal...

§ 69-13-317. Time allowed owner to claim and prove property - The owner of all estrays appraised at more than fifty...

§ 69-13-319. Owner of estray sold entitled to net proceeds - The owner of any animal sold as an estray, may...

§ 69-13-321. Ranger may seize estray not delivered according to law - The ranger may seize and sell any estray which shall...

§ 69-13-323. Date and amount of sale noted on register and paid to county treasurer - The ranger shall note the time and amount of sale...

§ 69-13-325. Ranger's books open to inspection - The books kept by the ranger for the registration of...

§ 69-13-327. Ranger to administer oaths - The ranger is authorized to administer all oaths and take...

§ 69-13-329. Authority of person other than county ranger as to estrays; fees - A justice of the peace, where there is a county...

§ 69-13-331. Stallion suffered to run at large may be gelded - If any person shall suffer any stallion above the age...

§ 69-13-333. Not lawful for drover to drive animals from range; penalty - It shall not be lawful for a drover or other...

§ 69-13-335. Penalty on ranger for failure of duty - For any failure of the ranger to make out and...

§ 69-13-337. Penalty for violating the law as to estrays - If any person shall take up any horse, mare, mule,...

Chapter 15 - Board of Animal Health; Livestock and Animal Diseases

Article 1 - Mississippi Board of Animal Health

§ 69-15-2. Membership of board; appointments; terms; vacancies; advisory council - One (1) licensed and practicing veterinarian who holds a Doctor...

§ 69-15-3. Office space; adoption of rules and regulations - The Department of Finance and Administration shall provide office space...

§ 69-15-5. Compensation of members of board - The members of the Board of Animal Health who are...

§ 69-15-7. Employees; authority to employ professional, technical and clerical personnel; appointment of state veterinarian; bond; use of attorney - The State Veterinarian is authorized and empowered to employ the...

§ 69-15-9. Powers of Board, State Veterinarian, officers and agents; entry upon premises to inspect and disinfect; liability; control, prevention, eradication, inspection and monitoring of chronic wasting disease and other contagious diseases of exot... - The Board of Animal Health shall administer the special fund...

§ 69-15-11. Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory; services of laboratory; fees for services; qualifications of director and staff; advisory council; meetings; funds and property transfer to College of Veterinary Medicine - The members of the advisory council shall serve in an...

§ 69-15-13. Appointment of federal personnel as inspectors; acceptance of federal assistance - The State Veterinarian is vested with authority to appoint and...

Article 2 - Administrative Procedures to Enforce Rules and Regulations of Board of Animal Health

§ 69-15-51. Purpose - It is the purpose of Sections 69-15-51 through 69-15-69 to...

§ 69-15-57. Certification of findings and recommendations to Board of Animal Health - The reviewing officer and/or the hearing committee shall certify findings...

§ 69-15-59. Waiver of right to hearing - Failure of the accused to request a hearing or respond...

§ 69-15-61. Jurisdiction of Board of Animal Health; authority to adopt rules and regulations - The Board of Animal Health shall have jurisdiction over all...

§ 69-15-69. Immunity for witnesses - No person shall be subject to criminal prosecution or to...

Article 3 - General Provisions for Control and Eradication of Livestock and Animal Diseases

§ 69-15-105. County or district to establish program to control or eradicate ticks, flies, and other external parasites - It shall be the duty of each livestock owner within...

§ 69-15-111. Livestock; how brought into state - It shall be unlawful for any person or persons, firm...

§ 69-15-113. Infected livestock; pay for when destroyed - Owners of livestock infected with any contagious or infectious disease,...

§ 69-15-115. Penalties - Any person, firm or corporation violating any of the provisions...

Article 5 - Cattle Tuberculosis

§ 69-15-201. Employment of veterinarians to co-operate in tests - The State Veterinarian, with the approval and consent of the...

§ 69-15-203. Veterinarians to be detailed to aid counties - The State Veterinarian is directed to detail a veterinarian to...

§ 69-15-205. Elections on tuberculosis control - The board of supervisors of any county in the State...

§ 69-15-207. Submission of cattle for tuberculin tests - In counties doing tuberculosis eradication work under the provisions of...

§ 69-15-209. Condemnation, branding and disposition of cattle reacting to tuberculin tests - Cattle which react to the tuberculin test or show marked...

§ 69-15-211. Payment for condemned cattle in counties engaged in tuberculosis eradication under area plan; appraisement - The county boards of supervisors of counties engaged in eradicating...

§ 69-15-213. Payment for condemned cattle in counties not operating on area plan - The boards of supervisors of the various counties of the...

Article 7 - Eradication of Cattle Ticks and Other Animal Parasites

§ 69-15-305. Appointment, dismissal and compensation of local state inspectors and range riders - The State Veterinarian shall appoint the necessary number of local...

§ 69-15-307. Board of supervisors to assist in eradicating tick fever - The board of supervisors in the various counties of the...

§ 69-15-309. When board of supervisors to act - If it shall be determined by the State Veterinarian, or...

§ 69-15-311. Infected cattle to be dipped - Systematic dipping of all cattle, horses, jacks, jennets and mules...

§ 69-15-313. Board of supervisors to provide dipping vats when necessary - The boards of supervisors, after being notified by the State...

§ 69-15-315. Violation by supervisors - If the board of supervisors shall fail, refuse or neglect...

§ 69-15-317. Cattle and other livestock to be dipped - Any person, or persons, firms or corporations, owning or having...

§ 69-15-319. Notice to be posted in certain cases - Quarantines and dipping notices for cattle, horses, jacks, jennets and...

§ 69-15-321. Procedure when owner fails to dip - Cattle, horses, jacks, jennets or mules infested with or exposed...

§ 69-15-323. Expenses incurred in enforcement to be lien on animal - Any expense incurred in the enforcement of Section 69-15-321 or...

§ 69-15-325. Driving and drifting from quarantined to free county - Any person or persons, firm or corporation, driving, conveying, transporting...

§ 69-15-327. Duty of sheriff; penalty for failure to act - It shall be the duty of the sheriff in any...

§ 69-15-329. Destruction of vats - Any person or persons who shall wilfully damage or destroy...

Article 9 - Penalties -

Chapter 17 - Livestock Biologics, Drugs and Vaccines

Article 1 - Livestock Biologics and Drug Law

§ 69-17-1. Citation of article - This article shall be known and may be cited and...

§ 69-17-3. Sale of biologics, drugs, etc., prohibited until approved by Board of Animal Health - No person, firm or corporation shall sell or offer for...

§ 69-17-5. Article not applicable where preparations are dispensed by a licensed veterinarian - Nothing in this article shall apply to the dispensing of...

§ 69-17-7. Other exemptions - Any biologics, drugs, remedies, tonics, medicine or other preparation hereinabove...

§ 69-17-9. Application for registration - The application for registration shall be made in such form...

§ 69-17-11. Rules and regulations - The said Board of Animal Health is hereby authorized and...

§ 69-17-13. Investigation and seizure of products - The said Board of Animal Health and its authorized representatives...

§ 69-17-15. Penalties - Any person, firm or corporation violating any provision, or provisions,...

Article 3 - Tranquilizers or Drugs for Livestock

§ 69-17-101. Registration of certain instruments - Every person, except a bona fide merchant, who owns or...

§ 69-17-103. Register of drugs dispensed - Any person selling or dispensing tranquilizers or drugs manufactured for...

§ 69-17-105. Inspection of drugs dispensed register - Any sheriff, constable, police officer, highway patrolman, or special investigator...

§ 69-17-107. Penalties - Any person who shall violate any provision of this article...

Article 5 - Hog Cholera Virus -

Chapter 19 - Regulation of Professional Services

§ 69-19-1. Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce to regulate - The Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce shall have the power...

§ 69-19-3. Persons subject; exceptions - This chapter shall apply only to persons soliciting work and...

§ 69-19-5. Definitions - Professional services are defined as follows: Entomological work. Receiving fees...

§ 69-19-7. Person defined - For the purpose of this chapter the word "person" shall...

§ 69-19-13. Waiver of provisions of chapter in cases of natural disaster - The Bureau of Plant Industry, Department of Agriculture and Commerce,...

Chapter 21 - Crop Spraying and Licensing of Aerial Applicators

Article 3 - Agriculture Aviation Licensing Law

§ 69-21-101. Title of article - This article shall be known and cited as the "Agricultural...

§ 69-21-103. Declaration of purpose - The purpose of this article is to supervise and regulate...

§ 69-21-105. Definitions - As used in this article, the following terms shall have...

§ 69-21-115. Financial responsibility - Any person seeking to obtain a license as an applicator...

§ 69-21-121. Disciplinary action against licensee - Any person found by the department to have violated any...

§ 69-21-126. Licensees required to maintain and furnish records and reports regarding certain activities - The department may require any holder of an applicator's or...

§ 69-21-128. Registration of aircraft used for aerial application of agricultural substances - All aircraft being used for the aerial application of agricultural...

Chapter 23 - Mississippi Pesticide Law

General Provisions

§ 69-23-1. Title of chapter - This chapter shall be known and cited as the Mississippi...

§ 69-23-3. Definitions - Definitions for the purpose of this chapter: The term "pesticide"...

§ 69-23-5. Prohibited acts; application of Trade Secrets Act - Provided, however, that the commissioner may designate that certain specific...

§ 69-23-13. Jurisdiction of commissioner - Jurisdiction in all matters pertaining to the distribution, sale and...

§ 69-23-17. Cooperation - The commissioner is authorized and empowered to cooperate with, and...

§ 69-23-25. Experimental use permits - Upon the condition that the State of Mississippi is certified...

Pesticide Application

§ 69-23-101. Short title - Sections 69-23-101 through 69-23-135 may be known as the "Mississippi...

§ 69-23-103. Administration - Sections 69-23-101 through 69-23-135 shall be administered by the Commissioner...

§ 69-23-105. Declaration of purpose - The purpose of Sections 69-23-101 through 69-23-135 is to provide...

§ 69-23-107. Definitions - When used in the context of Sections 69-23-101 through 69-23-135,...

§ 69-23-113. Nonresident commercial applicators to designate Secretary of State as agent for service of process - Any nonresident commercial applicator applying for a license under Sections...

§ 69-23-115. Violations - It is unlawful for a person to: Make false or...

§ 69-23-117. Records to be maintained by commercial applicators - Commercial applicators shall maintain records with respect to the application...

§ 69-23-121. Cooperative extension service to conduct courses of instruction and training - The Mississippi Cooperative Extension Service shall conduct courses of instruction...

§ 69-23-123. Cooperative agreements - The commissioner may cooperate with or enter into formal cooperative...

§ 69-23-125. Enforcement; investigations - The commissioner shall enforce the provisions of Sections 69-23-101 through...

§ 69-23-127. Injunctive relief - The commissioner may obtain an injunction to enjoin the violation...

§ 69-23-133. Advisory committee - The commissioner shall appoint an advisory committee, and by regulation...

Chapter 24 - Fertilizing Materials and Additives

§ 69-24-1. Short title - This chapter shall be known as the "Mississippi Soil and...

§ 69-24-3. Administration - This chapter shall be administered by the commissioner of agriculture...

§ 69-24-5. Definitions - As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have...

§ 69-24-7. Labeling - name of ingredient . . . . . ._______________% and...

§ 69-24-11. Refusal or cancellation of registration; hearing - The commissioner and State Chemist are authorized and empowered to...

§ 69-24-19. Misbranding - No person shall distribute a misbranded soil or plant amendment....

§ 69-24-21. Adulteration - No person shall distribute an adulterated soil or plant amendment....

§ 69-24-23. "Stop sale, use or removal" orders - The commissioner may issue and enforce a written or printed...

§ 69-24-27. Adoption and enforcement of rules and regulations - The commissioner and State Chemist may adopt, amend or repeal...

Chapter 25 - Plants, Plant and Bee Diseases

Article 1 - Division of Plant Industry; Plant Diseases and Pests

§ 69-25-1. Definitions - For the purpose of this article, the following terms shall...

§ 69-25-3. Bureau of plant industry; advisory board - The State Plant Board is abolished and its duties are...

§ 69-25-5. Director of the Bureau of Plant Industry; State Entomologist - The Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce shall appoint a full-time...

§ 69-25-9. Duties of commissioner and persons having knowledge of infected plants - The Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce shall keep himself informed...

§ 69-25-11. Inspections and quarantine; enforcement of - The inspections and the quarantine enforcement referred to in this...

§ 69-25-13. Inspectors may be employed - For the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this...

§ 69-25-15. How infected or defective plants and products dealt with - Whenever an inspection made pursuant to this article discloses that...

§ 69-25-17. How proscribed plants and products may be shipped - It shall be unlawful for any person to bring or...

§ 69-25-19. Unlawful to ship and deal in proscribed plants before inspection - It shall be unlawful for any person to sell, give...

§ 69-25-21. Suspected plants or products; information to be furnished commissioner - Any person in this state who receives from without the...

§ 69-25-23. Infected localities outside of state; shipments from prohibited - Whenever the Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce finds that there...

§ 69-25-25. Infected localities within this state; how dealt with - Whenever the Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce shall find that...

§ 69-25-27. Shipment through the state may be prohibited - By virtue of the powers conferred herein and for the...

§ 69-25-29. How shipments through the state may be made - The Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce for the same purposes...

§ 69-25-31. Reciprocal agreements - The Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce shall have power to...

§ 69-25-33. Boards of supervisors and municipal governing bodies may appropriate money to cooperate with the commissioner - The boards of supervisors in the various counties of the...

§ 69-25-35. Suspected premises and article may be examined - For the purpose of carrying out the provisions and requirements...

§ 69-25-37. Remedy of person affected - Any person affected by any rule or regulations made, or...

§ 69-25-39. Act of agent or officer deemed the act of principal or company - In construing and enforcing the provisions of this article, omission...

§ 69-25-41. Commissioner or any of his employees may sue out injunctions - The Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce or any of his...

§ 69-25-43. This article not to conflict with any act of Congress - The provisions of this article shall not be so construed...

§ 69-25-45. Enforcement of rules and regulations - The Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce shall have power and...

Article 2 - Administrative Hearing Procedure for Bureau of Plant Industry

§ 69-25-51. Alleged violation of rules and regulations of Bureau of Plant Industry; right to hearing; Director of the Bureau of Plant Industry as reviewing officer; determination; penalty - In determining the amount of the penalty, the reviewing officer...

§ 69-25-57. Jurisdiction of Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce - The Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce shall have jurisdiction over...

§ 69-25-61. Emergency procedure when herbicide or insecticide violation presents clear and present danger to public health, safety or welfare; Department of Agriculture and Commerce authorized to issue emergency orders prior to hearing - The order shall be served upon the accused in the...

§ 69-25-63. Payment and enforcement of penalties; fees and costs - When any penalty assessed by the hearing officer or committee...

Article 3 - Bee Diseases

§ 69-25-101. Shipment of bees into State; requirement of certificate or permit - All honey bees shipped or moved into the State of...

§ 69-25-103. Department of Agriculture and Commerce empowered to deal with Africanized bees and bee diseases - The Mississippi Department of Agriculture and Commerce shall have full...

§ 69-25-105. Authority to make inspections and to order removal, destruction or treatment of Africanized or infected bees - The Mississippi Department of Agriculture and Commerce, its agents and...

§ 69-25-107. Shipment of suspected materials may be prohibited - The shipment or movement into this state of any used...

Chapter 26 - Pest Control Compact

§ 69-26-1. Pest Control Compact - The Pest Control Compact is hereby enacted into law and...

§ 69-26-2. State government agencies may cooperate with Insurance Fund - Consistent with law and within available appropriations, the departments, agencies...

§ 69-26-3. Bylaws and amendments to be filed with Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce - Pursuant to Article IV(h) of the Compact, copies of bylaws...

§ 69-26-4. Mississippi compact administrator; duties - The Compact administrator for this state shall be Commissioner of...

§ 69-26-5. Request for assistance from Insurance Fund - Within the meaning of Article VI(b) or VIII(a), a request...

§ 69-26-6. Reimbursement of expenditures for Compact control or eradication program - The department, agency or officer expending or becoming liable for...

§ 69-26-7. "Executive head" defined - As used in this Compact, with reference to this state,...

Chapter 27 - Soil Conservation

Article 1 - Districts

§ 69-27-1. Short title - This article may be known and cited as the "Soil...

§ 69-27-2. State Soil and Water Conservation Committee renamed; transfer of powers and duties to State Soil and Water Conservation Commission - The State Soil and Water Conservation Committee is hereby renamed...

§ 69-27-3. Legislative determinations and declarations of policy - It is hereby declared, as a matter of legislative determination:...

§ 69-27-5. Levee districts excepted - None of the provisions of this article shall apply to...

§ 69-27-7. Definitions - Wherever used or referred to in this article, unless a...

§ 69-27-11. Soil and Water Conservation Commission employees; office of accommodations - The State Soil and Water Conservation committee may employ an...

§ 69-27-13. General duties and powers of Commission - The State Soil and Water Conservation Commission shall have the...

§ 69-27-15. Soil and Water Conservation districts; petition for creation - Any twenty-five (25) owners of land lying within the limits...

§ 69-27-17. Soil and water conservation districts; hearing and determination of necessity therefor - Within sixty (60) days after a petition pursuant to Section...

§ 69-27-21. Results of referendum; determination of district's administrative feasibility - The committee shall publish the results of a referendum held...

§ 69-27-23. Organization of soil and water conservation district; procedure; certificate of due organization - The two (2) appointed commissioners shall present to the Secretary...

§ 69-27-25. Subsequent petitions may be filed twelve months after the negative determination - After twelve (12) months shall have expired from the date...

§ 69-27-27. Inclusion of additional territory within existing district - Petitions for including additional territory within an existing district may...

§ 69-27-29. Cities and towns, etc., to be included within district - All cities, towns, villages or other urban or suburban areas...

§ 69-27-31. Election of three commissioners for each district - Within thirty (30) days after the date of issuance by...

§ 69-27-33. Appointment, qualifications, and tenure of commissioners - The governing body of the district shall consist of five...

§ 69-27-35. Powers of districts and commissioners - A soil and water conservation district organized under the provisions...

§ 69-27-37. Adoption of land-use regulations - The commissioners of any district shall have authority to formulate...

§ 69-27-39. Enforcement of land-use regulations - The commissioners shall have authority to go upon any lands...

§ 69-27-41. Performance of work under the regulations by the commissioners - Where the commissioners of any district shall find that any...

§ 69-27-43. Board of adjustment; members; expenses - Where the commissioners of any district organized under the provisions...

§ 69-27-45. Board of adjustment; procedure; meetings; records - The board of adjustment shall adopt rules to govern its...

§ 69-27-47. Board of adjustment; hearing on land use regulations - Any landowner or operator may file a petition with the...

§ 69-27-49. Appeal from order of board of adjustment - Any petitioner aggrieved by an order of the board granting...

§ 69-27-51. Cooperation between districts - The commissioners of any two or more districts organized under...

§ 69-27-53. State agencies to cooperate - Agencies of this state which shall have jurisdiction over, or...

§ 69-27-55. Adjustment of boundaries or withdrawal of lands from district; consolidation with another district; petition - Any twenty-five (25) owners of land lying within the limits...

§ 69-27-61. Adjustment or consolidation; division of assets - The State Soil and Water Conservation Committee shall determine from...

§ 69-27-63. Discontinuance of districts - At any time after the organization of a district under...

§ 69-27-69. Controlling effect of article - In so far as any of the provisions of this...

Article 3 - Federal Aid Projects

§ 69-27-101. Mississippi State University of Agriculture and Applied Science to administer article - In order to carry out the purposes of the Soil...

§ 69-27-103. Plan - The university is hereby authorized, empowered and directed to formulate...

§ 69-27-105. Federal grants - Upon the acceptance by the Secretary of Agriculture of each...

§ 69-27-107. Powers of university - In carrying out the provisions of each plan submitted pursuant...

§ 69-27-109. Agents - For the purpose of carrying out each such plan submitted...

§ 69-27-111. Reports - The university shall render for each year an annual report...

§ 69-27-113. No liability on university - Nothing herein shall be construed or operate to impose any...

Article 5 - County Aid in Certain Counties

§ 69-27-201. Designated counties authorized to aid soil erosion work - For the purpose of preventing soil erosion and its accompanying...

§ 69-27-203. Soil erosion committee - The director of the state extension service, the director of...

§ 69-27-205. Soil erosion committees; duties, etc. - It shall be the duty of said soil erosion committee...

§ 69-27-207. Contracts between county and owner; benefit payments - All contracts entered into hereunder between a county designated in...

§ 69-27-209. Machinery and equipment; how purchased; operation; election on question of purchase - [With regard to any county which is exempt from the...

§ 69-27-209. Machinery and equipment; how purchased; operation; election on question of purchase - [With regard to any county which is required to operate...

§ 69-27-211. Machinery and equipment; contracts with owners must be first obtained; additional machinery - The soil erosion committee shall not, except as herein otherwise...

§ 69-27-213. Machinery and equipment; certificates of indebtedness for; tax levy; payment of expenses - The board of supervisors shall have the right to issue...

§ 69-27-215. Notice of completion of contracts; special improvement tax; lien; lump sum payment, etc. - It shall be the duty of the soil erosion committee...

§ 69-27-217. Tax collector's role; collection of assessment; sale of land for non-payment; redemption - It shall be the duty of the tax collector to...

§ 69-27-219. No contracts on incumbered land - No contract shall be approved by the soil erosion committee...

§ 69-27-221. Price of equipment - No bids for furnishing equipment under the provisions of this...

§ 69-27-223. Additional equipment not purchased until - In the event of a tax levy being made to...

Article 7 - Soil and Water Conservation Cost-Share Program

§ 69-27-301. Definitions - The following words shall have the meanings ascribed herein unless...

§ 69-27-303. Administration of program - The commission shall serve as the administrator of the provisions...

§ 69-27-305. Authority to employ personnel and procure supplies - The commission and districts are authorized to employ such professional...

§ 69-27-307. Rulemaking powers - The commission shall adopt and promulgate such rules and regulations...

§ 69-27-308. Participation in water quality cost-share project - For a district commissioner to participate in any water quality...

§ 69-27-309. Use of funds appropriated for commission - The commission is authorized to use money appropriated therefor to...

§ 69-27-311. Implementation of program; recovery of improperly used grants - The commission shall have the following powers and duties to...

§ 69-27-313. Application for assistance; consideration by commission - Any eligible landowner or land operator who wishes to receive...

§ 69-27-315. Application to state-owned lands - Any agency, department, board, commission or other subdivision of government...

Article 9 - Acquisition of Heavy or Specialized Machinery or Equipment Necessary for Installation of Soil and Water Conservation Measures

§ 69-27-333. Commission to retain title to machinery and equipment - The Soil and Water Conservation Commission shall retain title to...

§ 69-27-335. Record keeping requirements; inventory of equipment - Each soil and water conservation district which receives or uses...

§ 69-27-337. Payment of amortized rental fees; collection of delinquent payments; deposit of funds - The amount paid by any such district to the commission...

§ 69-27-339. Conservation districts authorized to obtain machinery or equipment in combination - Any two (2) or more soil and water conservation districts...

§ 69-27-341. Commission authorized to promulgate rules and regulations - The commission is authorized to promulgate such rules and regulations...

§ 69-27-343. Revolving fund - There is created in the State Treasury a revolving fund...

§ 69-27-345. Authority to issue bonds to fund revolving fund - The State Soil and Water Conservation Commission is authorized, at...

§ 69-27-347. State's full faith and credit pledged; repayment of bonds - For the payment of such bonds and the interest thereon,...

§ 69-27-349. Terms of bonds; sale of bonds; expenses of issuance - Such bonds may be executed and delivered by the state...

§ 69-27-351. Interest on bonds; maturity of bonds - No bond issued under Sections 69-27-345 through 69-27-365 shall bear...

§ 69-27-353. Notice of sale of bonds - Notice of the sale of any such bonds shall be...

§ 69-27-355. Execution of bonds; signatures on bonds - All bonds shall be executed on behalf of the state...

§ 69-27-357. Deposit of proceeds of bonds; disbursements - Upon the issuance and sale of such bonds, the State...

§ 69-27-359. Attorney General to represent Bond Commission in issuing bonds; payment of costs - Except as otherwise authorized in Section 7-5-39, the Attorney General...

§ 69-27-361. Bonds as legal investments - Bonds issued under Sections 69-27-345 through 69-27-365 shall be legal...

§ 69-27-363. Bonds and income exempt from certain taxes - All bonds issued under Sections 69-27-345 through 69-27-365 and the...

§ 69-27-365. Sections 69-27-345 through 69-27-363 as complete authority for issuance of bonds - Sections 69-27-345 through 69-27-363, without reference to any statute not...

§ 69-27-367. Severability provision - If for any reason any section, paragraph, provision, clause or...

Article 11 - Natural Resources Conservation Education Fund

§ 69-27-401. Creation of fund; purpose and use of monies in fund - There is created in the State Treasury a special fund...

Chapter 28 - Protection and Conservation of Agricultural Lands

§ 69-28-1. Legislative purpose and intent - It is the intent and purpose of the Legislature to...

§ 69-28-3. Definitions - As used in this chapter, unless the context clearly indicates...

§ 69-28-5. Qualifications for designation as agricultural district - To qualify for designation as an agricultural district, a district...

§ 69-28-7. Petition for designation or redesignation of an agricultural district - Upon review of a petition, the local soil and water...

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