Title 57, Planning, Research and Development

(a) Qualifications: The chief executive officer of the laboratory shall be the State Chemist.(a) Qualifications: The State Chemist shall be an individual who has earned the Doctor of Philosophy degree or its equivalent at a recognized university or college qualified to grant such…

(a) The laboratory is established for the following purposes:(a) To provide analytical chemical and bacteriological services for regulatory control, in cooperation with the Mississippi Department of Agriculture and Commerce, of the quality of feeds, oil-seed meals, fertilizers an…

This chapter may be cited as the “Pharmaceutical Product Development and Utilization Law of 1964.”

In addition to appropriations made by the Mississippi Legislature for the operation and support of the institute, the board of trustees of state institutions of higher learning is authorized and empowered to receive contributions, donations, gifts, and grants of money and/or prop…

The institute personnel shall cooperate fully with the various departments of the state government, with the colleges and universities of the state, with the University Research Center, the Mississippi Department of Economic Development, and other research and development agencie…

The institute personnel may at their discretion, and subject to approval of the proper administrative authorities at the University of Mississippi, do research on a contract on project basis for industries, governmental agencies, public or private organizations or corporations, o…

(a) The Legislature hereby finds and declares:(a) That the economic progress of Mississippi depends in large measure upon the development and wise use of the natural resources of the state;(b) That the animal, vegetable and mineral resources in the state offer a tremendous potent…

The board of trustees of state institutions of higher learning is hereby authorized and directed to establish a research institute of pharmaceutical sciences at the University of Mississippi under the direction of the chancellor and such other administrative authorities within th…

The board of trustees of state institutions of higher learning shall provide for such equipment, personnel, supplies and services as it shall determine to be necessary for the proper operation and maintenance of said institute, having due regard for the contributory facilities an…

It shall be the function of the institute to conduct a program of research in the properties and uses of natural drug products and the methods of developing these products to useful purposes in the pharmaceutical industry, and to disseminate its findings to the public and to all …

The Southern States Energy Compact is hereby enacted into law and entered into by this state with any and all states legally joining therein in accordance with its terms, in the form substantially as follows: The party states recognize that the proper employment and conservation …

Any supplementary agreement entered into pursuant to Article VI of Section 57-25-1 and requiring the expenditure of funds or the assumption of an obligation to expend funds in addition to those already appropriated shall not become effective as to this state prior to the making o…

The departments, agencies and officers of this state and its subdivisions are hereby authorized to cooperate with the Southern States Energy Board in the furtherance of any of its activities pursuant to the compact.

The three (3) members of the board appointed or designated to represent the State of Mississippi shall receive a per diem compensation as provided in Section 25-3-69 for each day or fraction thereof occupied with the discharge of official duties, and shall be entitled to reimburs…

Pursuant to Article III(a) of Section 57-25-1, the southern states energy board shall submit its budgets of estimated expenditures to the legislative budget office for presentation to the Legislature.

(a) As used in Sections 57-26-1 through 57-26-7, the following terms and phrases shall have the meanings ascribed in this section unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:(a) “Approved project costs” means actual costs incurred by an approved participant for land acquisitio…

(1) (a) There is created in the State Treasury a special fund to be known as the “Tourism Project Sales Tax Incentive Fund,” into which shall be deposited such money as provided in Section 27-65-75(16). The monies in the fund shall be used for the purpose of making the incentive …

(1) The MDA shall develop, implement and administer the incentive program authorized in Sections 57-26-1 through 57-26-5 and shall promulgate rules and regulations necessary for the development, implementation and administration of such program. (2) A person, corporation or other…

The MDA shall not approve any application submitted after June 30, 2027, pursuant to Section 57-26-5 for a project that includes any resort development.

(a) As used in this chapter, the following words and phrases shall have the following meanings, unless the context hereof clearly indicates otherwise:(a) “Regional tourist promotion council” shall mean a corporation organized pursuant to the provisions of the Mississippi Nonprofi…

At least twenty-five percent (25%) of the total matching funds of any participating regional tourist promotion council shall be first used in the production, preparation and printing of a regional tourist promotion brochure, and the participating council shall thereafter allocate…

All grants under the provisions of this chapter shall be on a matching basis with the applying council furnishing fifty percent (50%) of the funds and the state grants in no event exceeding an amount equal to the funds supplied by the council. Upon approval of each application an…

The travel and tourism department of the board is hereby designated as the administrative agency of this state to act, under the authority of the board, in administering the provisions of this chapter.

Any group of interested citizens and residents of counties comprising a natural promotion region of this state, and who are residents of counties representing not less than fifty percent (50%) of the total population of the region, but in no event less than fifteen (15) individua…

(1) The board, upon receipt of a copy of incorporation papers, constitution, bylaws and resolutions, if any, of a nonprofit corporation applying for recognition as a regional tourist promotion council under the provisions of this chapter is hereby authorized to designate such cor…

(1) The travel and tourism department of the board is hereby authorized, upon approval of the board, to make grants, from funds specifically appropriated for such purposes, to regional tourist promotion councils to assist such councils in the financing of promotional and advertis…

The board and/or regional tourist promotion council are hereby authorized to accept gifts, grants or donations from the federal government or agencies thereof, and from private individuals, foundations or concerns to be used in furtherance of the purposes of this chapter. The boa…

(a) As used in Sections 57-28-1 through 57-28-5, the following terms and phrases shall have the meanings ascribed in this section unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:(a) “Approved project costs” means actual costs incurred by an approved participant for land acquisitio…

(1) (a) There is created in the State Treasury a special fund to be known as the “Tourism Sales Tax Incentive Fund,” into which shall be deposited such money as provided in Section 27-65-75(20). The monies in the fund shall be used for the purpose of making the incentive payments…

(1) The MDA shall develop, implement and administer the incentive program authorized in Sections 57-28-1 through 57-28-5 and shall promulgate rules and regulations necessary for the development, implementation and administration of such program. (2) A person, corporation or other…

(a) As used in this section and Section 57-29-3, the following words and phrases shall have the meanings herein ascribed to them unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:(a) “Vacation Guide” shall mean a publication, compiled, edited and published by the Mississippi Agricul…

The travel and tourism department of the board is hereby authorized, upon approval of the board, to solicit bids from competent publication agencies and to expend such funds as may be appropriated for the purpose of publishing a vacation guide.

(a) As used in this chapter, the following terms and phrases shall have the meanings ascribed in this section unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:(a) “Approved participant” means a person, corporation or other entity issued a certificate by the Mississippi Development …

(1) (a) There is created in the State Treasury a special fund to be known as the “Sales Tax Incentive Fund,” into which shall be deposited such money as provided in Section 27-65-75(16). The monies in the fund shall be used for the purpose of making the incentive payments authori…

Any county in the State of Mississippi bordering on the Mississippi-Alabama state line, traversed by the Tombigbee River and in which is situated a senior institution of higher learning under the control of the Board of Trustees of Institutions of Higher Learning of the State of …

All revenue bonds and interest coupons issued under the provisions of this chapter shall have and are hereby declared to have all the qualities and incidents of negotiable instruments under the Uniform Commercial Code of the State of Mississippi. Such bonds and the income therefr…

The authority may sell such bonds in such manner and for such price as it may determine to be for the best interest of the State of Mississippi, but no such sale shall be made at a price less than par plus accrued interest to date of delivery of the bonds to the purchaser. Notice…

The proceeds of such bonds shall be paid into the county treasury to the credit of a special fund known as the industrial development authority construction fund, and shall be used solely for payment of the cost of the project except as hereinafter provided, and shall be disburse…

Such revenue bonds may be issued without any other proceedings or the happening of any other conditions or things than those proceedings, conditions, and things which are specified or required by this chapter. The bonds authorized under the authority of this chapter may, in the d…

Revenue bonds issued under the provisions of this chapter shall not be deemed to constitute a debt of such county or a pledge of the faith and credit of such county, but such bonds shall be payable solely from the special fund provided therefor as hereinafter set forth, and the i…

The resolution providing for the issuance of revenue bonds hereunder shall contain such provisions for protecting and enforcing the rights and remedies of the bondholders as may reasonably be proper and not in violation of law, including, but not limited to, covenants setting for…

(a) The revenues, rents, and earnings derived from any project, or any and all revenues, rents, and earnings received by the authority unless necessary for operation, maintenance or repair of the project or unless otherwise pledged and allocated, may be pledged and allocated by t…

Any holder of revenue bonds issued under the provisions of this chapter or of any of the interest coupons pertaining thereto, except to the extent that such rights are not restricted by the resolution directing the issuance of such bonds, may, either at law or in equity, by suit,…

All bonds issued under the provisions of this chapter shall be legal investments for trustees and other fiduciaries, and for savings banks, trust companies, and insurance companies organized under the laws of the State of Mississippi, and such bonds shall be legal securities whic…

The carrying out of the corporate purposes of the authority is in all respects for the benefit of the people of such county and is a public purpose, and the authority will be performing an essential governmental function in the exercise of the powers conferred upon it by this cha…

Before entering upon the duties of the office, each member of such authority, except any associate members, shall take and subscribe the oath of office required by Section 268, Mississippi Constitution of 1890, and shall give bond in the sum of five thousand dollars ($5,000.00), …