Title 79, Corporations, Associations, and Partnerships

Whenever an association organized or existing hereunder with preferred capital stock shall purchase the stock or any property, or any interest in any property, of any person, firm, or corporation, or association, it may discharge the obligations so incurred, wholly or in part, by…

Any provisions of law which otherwise would be in conflict with this chapter shall not be construed as applying to the associations herein provided for, nor shall any such provisions be deemed to be repealed by this chapter. Any exemptions under any and all existing laws applying…

No person, firm, corporation, or association hereafter organized or doing business in this state shall be entitled to use the word “cooperative” as part of its corporate or other business name or title for producers’ cooperative marketing activities, unless it has complied with t…

An association may organize, form, operate, own, control, have an interest in, own stock of, or be a member of any corporation or association, with or without capital stock, engaged in preserving, drying, processing, canning, packing, storing, handling, shipping, utilizing, manuf…

Any association may, upon resolution adopted by its board of directors, enter into all necessary and proper contracts and agreements and make all necessary and proper stipulations, agreements, and contracts and arrangements with any other corporation, association or associations,…

Any corporation or association organized under previously existing statutes, or any foreign corporation or association heretofore authorized by the laws of this state to do business in this state, or any foreign corporation or association organized under the laws of another state…

Any cooperative marketing association, organized under appropriate laws of any other state for the purposes and with the restrictions and limitations substantially the same as those set forth herein, may operate and do business in this state with all the rights, powers, and privi…

Any person or persons or any corporation whose officers or employees knowingly induce or attempt to induce any member or stockholder of an association organized hereunder to breach his marketing contract with the association, or who knowingly spreads false reports about the finan…

Twenty (20) or more persons, a majority of whom are residents of this state, engaged in the production of agricultural products may form a nonprofit, cooperative association, with or without capital stock, under the provisions of this chapter; provided, however, that for the form…

No association organized hereunder shall be deemed to be in violation of the anti-trust statutes of this state or a combination in restraint of trade or an illegal monopoly, nor in an attempt to lessen competition or fix prices arbitrarily; nor shall the marketing contracts or ag…

Each association organized hereunder shall be exempt from the payment of ad valorem taxes on agricultural products and products of farm, grove or garden produced by its members within the State of Mississippi.

For filing articles of association and amendments to the articles, an association organized under this chapter shall pay to the Secretary of State Fifty Dollars ($50.00).

All cooperative marketing associations organized or doing business under the laws of the State of Mississippi may obtain the possession of personal property to the immediate possession of which they may be entitled, by the action of replevin, and the giving of this means of enfor…

If such cooperative marketing association recover judgment as plaintiff in replevin and the property sued for be agricultural products and the plaintiff’s right to the possession thereof as against the defendant be by virtue of a marketing agreement with a member of such associat…

The total liability to any association organized or doing business under the terms of this chapter by a person, company, corporation, or firm for money loaned shall not exceed fifty percent (50%) of the aggregate paid in capital and surplus of said association. The discount of bi…

All cooperative agricultural associations of any kind or character whatsoever, heretofore or hereafter organized under the laws of the State of Mississippi, are hereby authorized and empowered to purchase, or otherwise acquire, and to hold stock in the New Orleans Bank for Cooper…

The general nonprofit corporation laws and all powers and rights under those laws apply to the associations organized under this chapter, except where such provisions are in conflict or inconsistent with the express provisions of this chapter.

An association may be organized to engage in any activity in connection with the growing, breeding, handling, shipping, or utilization, or moving or marketing of the byproducts thereof of live stock and poultry of every description, and with the marketing or selling of agricultur…

(a) Each association incorporated hereunder shall have the following powers:(a) To engage in any activity in connection with the growing, breeding, marketing, selling, or buying, or utilization of live stock and poultry of every description and the byproducts thereof, or with the…

This chapter shall be known and cited as the “Co-operative Aquatic Products Marketing Law.”

An association may be organized to engage in any activity in connection with the catching, growing, breeding, handling, shipping, or utilization, or moving or marketing of the byproducts thereof of aquatic products of every description, and with the marketing or selling of aquati…

(a) Each and every association organized hereunder shall have the following powers:(a) To engage in any activity in connection with the catching, growing, breeding, handling, shipping, or utilization, or moving or marketing of the byproducts thereof of aquatic products of every d…

(1) Under the terms and conditions prescribed in its bylaws, an association may admit as members, or issue common stock or certificate of membership, only to persons engaged in commercial fishing or domestic fish farming who catch, take, grow, or otherwise obtain aquatic products…

(a) Each association formed under this chapter must prepare and file articles of association setting forth:(a) The name of the association.(b) The purposes for which it is formed.(c) The place where its principal business will be transacted.(d) The term for which it is to exist, …

The general co-operative marketing association laws of this state shall apply to all associations organized pursuant to this chapter. Subject to the foregoing provisions of this chapter, all associations organized pursuant to this chapter shall enjoy all of the rights and privile…

In order to promote, foster and encourage the intelligent and orderly marketing of aquatic products through co-operation and to eliminate speculation and waste; and to make the distribution of aquatic products as direct as can be efficiently done between producer and consumer; an…

(a) As used in this chapter:(a) The term “member” shall include actual members of associations without capital stock and holders of common stock in associations organized with capital stock.(b) The term “person” shall include individuals, firms, partnerships, corporations and ass…

In order to promote, foster and encourage the intelligent and orderly marketing of aquatic products through cooperation and to eliminate speculation and waste; to make the distribution of aquatic products as direct as can be efficiently done between producer and consumer; to stab…

(a) As used in Sections 79-21-51 through 79-21-67, Mississippi Code of 1972:(a) The term “member” shall include actual members of associations without capital stock and holders of common stock in associations organized with capital stock.(b) The term “person” shall include indivi…

Sections 79-21-51 through 79-21-67 shall not be construed to permit the catching or sale of any fish or other aquatic product which is otherwise prohibited by law from being caught or sold, but shall be supplementary thereto. These sections are supplementary of and not amendatory…

Ten (10) or more persons who are residents of the State of Mississippi and engaged in the business of commercial fishing or domestic fish farming may form a nonprofit, cooperative association, with or without capital stock, under the provisions of Sections 79-21-51 through 79-21-…

An association may be organized to engage in any activity in connection with the catching, growing, breeding, handling, shipping, or utilization, or moving or marketing of the byproducts thereof of aquatic products of every description, and with the marketing or selling of aquati…

(a) Each and every association organized hereunder shall have the following powers:(a) To engage in any activity in connection with the catching, growing, breeding, handling, shipping, or utilization, or moving or marketing of the byproducts thereof of aquatic products of every d…

(1) Under the terms and conditions prescribed in its bylaws, an association may admit as members, or issue common stock or certificate of membership, only to persons engaged in commercial fishing or domestic fish farming who catch, take, grow or otherwise obtain aquatic products …

(a) Each association formed under Sections 79-21-51 through 79-21-67 must prepare and file articles of association setting forth:(a) The name of the association.(b) The purposes for which it is formed.(c) The place where its principal business will be transacted.(d) The term for …

The general cooperative marketing association laws of this state shall apply to all associations organized pursuant to Sections 79-21-51 through 79-21-67. Subject to the foregoing provisions of Sections 79-21-51 through 79-21-67, all associations organized pursuant to these secti…

This chapter shall not be construed to permit the catching or sale of any fish or other aquatic product which is otherwise prohibited by law from being caught or sold, but shall be supplementary thereto. This chapter is supplementary of and not amendatory or in alteration of any …

Ten (10) or more persons who are residents of the State of Mississippi and engaged in the business of commercial fishing or domestic fish farming may form a nonprofit, cooperative association, with or without capital stock, under the provisions of this chapter.

This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Mississippi Aquaculture Act of 1988.

By withholding a culture and/or marketing permit, the department may prohibit the aquaculturing of any species at any location if the department determines it would be detrimental to the public interest and presents its determination in writing with supporting justification.

Failure by an aquaculturist to provide any information required by the department to verify that cultured aquatic products are produced under controlled aquacultural conditions and are not harvested from native wild stock shall result in nonrenewal, suspension or cancellation of …

(1) The Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks may issue permits to obtain game fish for use as brood stock in accordance with regulations promulgated by the Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks. (2) In promulgating these regulations for game fish used for brood stock…

The department shall issue a cultivation permit for any aquaculture facility located, in whole or in part, in the Mississippi Sound, the Gulf of Mexico, or bays or estuaries thereof at such time that such facility complies with all state and federal requirements to protect marine…

(1) The Secretary of State, upon recommendation of the Mississippi Department of Marine Resources and the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality may lease waters as provided by Section 29-1-107, Mississippi Code of 1972, within the jurisdiction of the state to a person f…

The department may, as funds are made available by the Legislature, develop an Aquatic Ventures Center. (a) The center may develop but shall not be limited to the following activities:(a) Plan and conduct a program promoting cultured aquatic products and associated technologies, …

The Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce is authorized, in his discretion, to issue an order to stop the sale or distribution of any product found to be in violation of this chapter. Any order to stop the sale of any product regulated under the provisions of this chapter may …