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§ 69-28-9. Procedures, limitations and responsibilities of agricultural districts - Upon establishment of an agricultural district, the following procedures, limitations...
§ 69-28-11. Soil and water conservation district - An agricultural district may be comprised of ownerships residing in...
Chapter 29 - Livestock Brands, Theft or Loss of Livestock and Protective Associations
Article 1 - General Provisions
§ 69-29-3. Prohibition as to marking or branding of animals with intent to deprive owner of property - If any person, knowingly, shall mark or brand any animal,...
§ 69-29-5. Prohibition as to altering or defacing of brands or marks without owner's consent - If any person shall knowingly alter or deface the brand...
§ 69-29-7. Butchers and dealers to keep register of brands and marks; penalty for violation - Every butcher or dealer in cattle, sheep, or hogs, who...
§ 69-29-9. Branding, misbranding or mismarking cattle or swine with intent to defraud; penalty - Any person who shall, with intent to defraud, brand or...
§ 69-29-11. Regulations as to transportation of livestock; penalty for violation - For any person to haul, transport or carry any livestock...
§ 69-29-13. Mortgaged cattle; notice of loss of same - The owner of any cattle or stock which shall be...
§ 69-29-15. Unlawful removal of any collar, tag, or marking device on an animal without permission of owner; penalties - It shall be unlawful for a person to remove any...
Article 3 - Registration and Ownership of Livestock Brands
§ 69-29-101. Purpose of article - The purpose of this article is to provide a place...
§ 69-29-103. Definitions - The following words, or similar words, when used in this...
§ 69-29-107. Copy of certificate of registration as evidence - In all suits at law or in equity, or in...
§ 69-29-109. Reregistration and renewal of brands - All brands or marks of cattle and other livestock, upon...
§ 69-29-111. Forms; register of brands - The Department of Agriculture and Commerce shall prescribe and furnish...
§ 69-29-113. Livestock market operators and hide dealers to keep records - These records shall be kept for public inspection for a...
§ 69-29-115. Rules and regulations - The Department of Agriculture and Commerce shall have authority to...
§ 69-29-117. Unlawful acts - It shall be unlawful for: Any person to use any...
§ 69-29-119. Minor owner may have separate brands - Minors owning cattle or stock separate from that of the...
§ 69-29-121. Penalty for violations - Any person who violates any of the provisions of this...
Article 5 - Protective Associations
§ 69-29-201. Purposes, organization, powers and duties - For the purpose of encouraging the production of more and...
§ 69-29-203. Assistance to sheriff in apprehending thieves; reward - When the theft of any livestock or poultry shall be...
§ 69-29-205. Reports - It shall be the duty of the secretary of each...
Article 7 - Animal Research or Exhibiting Facility
§ 69-29-301. Short title - This article may be cited and shall be known as...
§ 69-29-303. Definitions - The following words and phrases shall have the meanings ascribed...
§ 69-29-305. Prohibition against acquisition or exercise of control over animal facility with intent to disrupt or damage enterprise conducted at facility without consent of owner - A person shall not, without the effective consent of the...
§ 69-29-307. Prohibition against damaging or destroying animal or animal facility with intent to disrupt or damage without consent of owner - A person shall not, without the effective consent of the...
§ 69-29-309. Prohibition against entering or remaining concealed in animal facility to commit prohibited act without consent of owner - A person shall not, without the effective consent of the...
§ 69-29-313. Applicability - This article does not apply to, affect or otherwise prohibit...
Chapter 31 - Regulation of Moisture-Measuring Devices
§ 69-31-1. Definitions - As used in this chapter, unless the context requires otherwise:...
§ 69-31-3. Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce to enforce chapter - The commissioner is hereby charged with the enforcement of this...
§ 69-31-5. Inspection of devices - The department shall inspect or cause to be inspected at...
§ 69-31-7. Seals to be placed on inspected devices - If an inspection or comparative test reveals that the moisture-measuring...
§ 69-31-11. Device to be used in location visible to general public; display of procedure for operation of device - Every moisture-measuring device offered for sale, processing or storage shall...
§ 69-31-13. Grain moisture; measuring devices; inspection and use - After May 1, 1979, no person shall use or cause...
§ 69-31-15. Penalties - Any person who uses or causes to be used a...
Chapter 33 - Pecan Harvesting
§ 69-33-1. Definitions - For the purpose of this chapter, the following words shall...
§ 69-33-3. Removal of pecans from public right-of-way during harvesting season prohibited - When pecan trees are grown on private property and the...
§ 69-33-5. Pecans left on public right-of-way after harvesting season deemed abandoned - Any pecans remaining on a public road, street or highway...
§ 69-33-7. Normal road maintenance to continue; owners not authorized to harvest pecans from interstate or limited access rights-of-way - The provisions of this chapter shall not be construed to...
§ 69-33-9. Penalty for violations - Any person who shall be found guilty of violating the...
Chapter 35 - Mississippi Dairy Promotion Act
§ 69-35-1. Title - This act shall be known as the "Mississippi Dairy Promotion...
§ 69-35-5. Definitions - The following terms shall have the following meanings unless context...
§ 69-35-7. Activities under chapter not illegal or in restraint of trade - No association, meeting or activity undertaken pursuant to the provisions...
§ 69-35-9. Dairy producers' referendum on levying milk assessment - It is hereby further declared to be in the public...
§ 69-35-13. Supervision of referendum; expense - The arrangements for, management and supervision of any referendum conducted...
§ 69-35-15. Referendum to be statewide; question to be submitted - Any referendum conducted under the provisions of this act shall...
§ 69-35-17. Majority vote rules - If in such referendum called under the provisions of this...
§ 69-35-19. Defeat of referendum; subsequent referendums - In the event such referendum so to be conducted as...
§ 69-35-21. Time, manner, and form of giving notice of referendum; contents of notice - The hours, voting places, rules and regulations of the milk...
§ 69-35-23. Preparation and distribution of ballots; conduct of referendum; results - The state ADA and extension service shall likewise prepare and...
§ 69-35-29. Refund of assessments - In the event such referendum is carried in the affirmative...
§ 69-35-31. Report of amount of assessments received and collected - In the event of the levying and collection of assessments...
§ 69-35-33. Date of initial referendum - The date of any initial referendums authorized under the provisions...
Chapter 36 - Southern Dairy Compact
§ 69-36-1. - The Southern Dairy Compact, the full text of which is...
§ 69-36-5. - The Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce may, by lawful means,...
§ 69-36-7. - The Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce may adopt such rules...
Chapter 37 - Mississippi Boll Weevil Management Act
§ 69-37-1. Short title - This chapter shall be known and may be cited as...
§ 69-37-3. Purpose; liberal construction - The Legislature has determined that the boll weevil is a...
§ 69-37-5. Definitions - As used in this chapter, the following words shall have...
§ 69-37-7. Authorization for programs to suppress or eradicate boll weevil; cooperation with other agencies or persons - The commissioner, with the approval of the corporation, is authorized...
§ 69-37-9. Entry upon premises to carry out provisions of chapter; monitoring, inspection, treatment with pesticides, and other activities; notice to owner; warrant - The commissioner and the corporation or their authorized agent(s), after...
§ 69-37-11. All persons growing cotton to furnish information to commissioner and corporation - Every person growing cotton in this state shall furnish to...
§ 69-37-15. Certification of Mississippi Boll Weevil Management Corporation as official administrative and regulatory body; effect; revocation; debts of corporation not a liability of bureau or department - Upon determination by the bureau that the Mississippi Boll Weevil...
§ 69-37-19. Conduct of referenda; expenses - The arrangements for and management of any referendum held under...
§ 69-37-23. Liens to secure payment of assessments and penalties; destruction of untreatable commercial cotton as nuisance; compensation - In those cases where commercial cotton is destroyed because of...
§ 69-37-25. Quarantine, and control of movement of articles from infested areas in other states, by regulation of Bureau of Plant Industry - The Bureau of Plant Industry is authorized to promulgate regulations...
§ 69-37-27. Suppression, pre-eradication, eradication and no-growth zones; growers to share costs; notice, referenda, penalties, and appeal of penalties - The bureau, with the concurrence of the corporation, is authorized...
§ 69-37-29. Destruction or treatment of cotton in eradication zones; compensation - The commissioner, with the concurrence of the corporation, is authorized...
§ 69-37-35. Exemptions from assessment penalties for financial hardship; payment plan - The commissioner, with the consent of the corporation, is authorized...
§ 69-37-37. Extension of chapter to other cotton pests upon recommendation of the corporation - This chapter shall be extended to include all other cotton...
§ 69-37-39. Boll Weevil Management Fund; deposits; disbursements - There is created within the State Treasury a special fund...
§ 69-37-41. Mississippi Boll Weevil Management Corporation to be certified as administering authority to plan and implement boll weevil management programs - From and after July 1, 2010, the Mississippi Boll Weevil...
Chapter 39 - Agricultural Liming Materials
§ 69-39-1. Short title; administration of chapter - This chapter shall be known and may be cited as...
§ 69-39-3. Definitions - The following words and phrases shall have the meanings ascribed...
§ 69-39-5. Labeling requirements; posting at bulk delivery sites - Total Calcium (Ca). . . . ._______________percent Total Magnesium (Mg)....
§ 69-39-9. Sale and distribution permit required; applications - Every manufacturer or distributor who sells, offers for sale, exposes...
§ 69-39-15. Issuance of stop sale or use order for products sold in violation of chapter; release from order - The commissioner may issue and enforce a written or printed...
§ 69-39-19. Promulgation of rules and regulations - The commissioner may, with the approval of the Attorney General...
Chapter 41 - Mississippi Agribusiness Council Act of 1993
§ 69-41-1. Short title - This chapter shall be known and may be cited as...
§ 69-41-3. Mississippi Agribusiness Council created; purpose - There is created a special joint committee of the Legislature...
§ 69-41-7. Executive director; qualifications; compensation; duties; staff - The council may appoint a nonstate service executive director, herein...
§ 69-41-9. Duties and responsibilities of council - The duties and responsibilities of the council shall be the...
§ 69-41-11. Council authorized to establish rules - The council is authorized and empowered to promulgate rules required...
§ 69-41-13. Authorization to accept and expend monies and in-kind contributions; Agribusiness Council Contribution Fund - The Mississippi Agribusiness Council is authorized and empowered to accept...
§ 69-41-19. Agriculture Development Committee - The Agriculture Development Committee is created and shall be composed...
Chapter 42 - Program to Encourage Growth in Mississippi Agribusiness Industry
§ 69-42-1. Definitions; development and implementation of program; purpose of program; annual report - (a) The Mississippi Development Authority shall file an annual report...
Chapter 43 - Mississippi Ratite Council and Promotion Board
§ 69-43-13. Repeal date of Sections 69-43-1 through 69-43-11 - Sections 69-43-1 through 69-43-11, shall stand repealed on July 1,...
Chapter 44 - Mississippi Corn Promotion Board
§ 69-44-1. Purpose - The purpose of this chapter is to promote the growth...
§ 69-44-11. State Tax Commission to assist department in collecting assessments - The State Tax Commission shall provide any information necessary to...
§ 69-44-13. Provisions to be controlling - Notwithstanding the provisions of any laws or parts of laws...
Chapter 45 - Mississippi Agricultural Promotions Program Act
§ 69-45-1. Short title - This chapter shall be known and may be cited as...
§ 69-45-3. Legislative findings - The Legislature finds that there is a need for a...
§ 69-45-5. Definitions - For the purposes of this chapter, the following terms shall...
§ 69-45-7. Establishment of program to finance and promote agricultural economic development - The department, in its discretion, may establish a program of...
§ 69-45-13. Creation of Mississippi Agricultural Promotions Fund - There is created a special fund to be designated as...
§ 69-45-15. Unlawful use, reproduction or distribution of Program logo - It is unlawful for any person to use, reproduce or...
Chapter 46 - Mississippi Land, Water and Timber Resources Act
§ 69-46-1. Short title - This chapter shall be known and may be cited as...
§ 69-46-5. Powers and duties of board - The board shall have the following powers and duties: To...
Chapter 47 - Organic Certification Program
§ 69-47-11. Recertification after removal from organic management - If a certified farm, field or greenhouse unit is removed...
Chapter 48 - Peanut Promotion Board
§ 69-48-1. Purpose of chapter; definitions - The purpose of this chapter is to promote the growth...
§ 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...
§ 69-48-13. State Tax Commission to assist department in collecting assessments - The State Tax Commission shall provide any information necessary to...
§ 69-48-15. Provisions to be controlling - Notwithstanding the provisions of any laws or parts of laws...
Chapter 49 - Field Crop Products -
Chapter 51 - Ethanol, Anhydrous Alcohol and Wet Alcohol
§ 69-51-1. Goal to encourage ethanol production plants - It is the goal of this state to encourage ethanol...
§ 69-51-3. Definitions - For the purposes of this chapter, the following terms shall...
§ 69-51-5. Cash payments to producers of ethanol, anhydrous alcohol, bio-diesel and wet alcohol - The producer payments for anhydrous alcohol, bio-diesel and wet alcohol...
Chapter 53 - Agritourism
§ 69-53-1. Definitions - As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have...
§ 69-53-5. Warning notice - "WARNING Under Mississippi law, there is no liability for an...