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Mississippi Statutes, Title 5

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Title 5, Legislative Department

7 chapters · 96 sections in this title.

All chapters in Title 596 Ch 1, Legislature42 Ch 3, Legislative Committees29 Ch 8, Lobbying Law Reform Act of 199412 Ch 5, Interstate Cooperation9 Ch 11, Abolishment of Agencies3 Ch 9, Agency Review1

12 sections·Filtered byTitle 5✕Ch 8✕

Miss. Code Ann. § 5-8-1 Short Title
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This chapter shall be cited as the “Lobbying Law Reform Act of 1994.”
Miss. Code Ann. § 5-8-11 Report of payments received by lobbyist from each lobbyist’s client; exceptions
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(1) Except as otherwise provided in Section 5-8-7 of this chapter, a lobbyist shall file with the Secretary of State a separate report for each lobbyist’s client. The report shall specifically list all payments received from the lobbyist’s client and all expenditures that were in…
Miss. Code Ann. § 5-8-13 Prohibited acts; required acts
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(1) A lobbyist shall not contract to receive or accept compensation dependent upon the success or failure of a legislative or executive action. (2) A lobbyist or lobbyist’s client shall not knowingly or willfully make or cause to be made a false statement or misrepresentation of …
Miss. Code Ann. § 5-8-15 Investigations of violations of chapter
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(1) The district attorney of the circuit court of the district wherein an alleged violation occurred shall investigate violations of this chapter. (2) In addition to a district attorney’s authority as set forth in subsection (1) of this section, the Attorney General shall investi…

Miss. Code Ann. § 5-8-17 Penalties; Ethics Commission hearings; appeals; investigation by Attorney General of continued non-compliance

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(1) In addition to any other penalty permitted by law, the Secretary of State shall require any person who fails to file a report as required under Sections 5-8-1 through 5-8-19 of this chapter, or who shall file a report which fails to comply with the material particulars of Sec…

Miss. Code Ann. § 5-8-19 Duties of Secretary of State

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(a) The Secretary of State shall:(a) Provide forms for registration and for statements required by Sections 5-8-1 through 5-8-19 of this chapter to all persons required to file.(b) Issue a certificate of registration to a lobbyist registered under the provisions of Sections 5-8-1…

Miss. Code Ann. § 5-8-21 Penalties for intentional violations; prosecution of corporation or association not barred

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Any person who, with intent, violates any of the provisions of this chapter whether acting either individually or as an officer, agent, employee, or counsel of a person, firm, corporation or association, or any person whether acting individually or as the officer, employee, agent…

Miss. Code Ann. § 5-8-23 Severability clause

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If any section, paragraph, sentence, clause, phrase or any part of this chapter passed hereafter is declared to be unconstitutional or void, or if for any reason is declared to be invalid or of no effect, the remaining sections, paragraphs, sentences, clauses, phrases or parts th…

Miss. Code Ann. § 5-8-3 Definitions

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(a) The following words and phrases shall have the meanings ascribed herein unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:(a) (i) “Anything of value” means:1. A pecuniary item, including money, or a bank bill or note;2. A promissory note, bill of exchange, order, draft, warrant,…

Miss. Code Ann. § 5-8-5 Registration statements; filing; contents; length of registration period; effective date of registration; termination of registration; forms

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(1) Except as otherwise provided in Section 5-8-7 of this chapter and in addition to reports required by Sections 5-8-9 and 5-8-11 of this chapter, every lobbyist and every lobbyist’s client shall file a registration statement with the Secretary of State within five (5) calendar …

Miss. Code Ann. § 5-8-7 Persons excluded from definition of “lobbyist” and “lobbyist’s client”

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(a) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this chapter, except as otherwise provided in Section 5-8-3(l)(iv), the following person shall not be included within the definition of “lobbyist” or “lobbyist’s client” under this chapter, and accordingly the registration and reporting…

Miss. Code Ann. § 5-8-9 Report of expenditures of lobbyist’s client; exceptions

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(1) Except as otherwise provided in Section 5-8-7 of this chapter and in subsection (7) of this section, no later than January 30 of each year, a lobbyist’s client shall file a report of expenditures with the Secretary of State. The report must contain information on all expendit…