Penalty for operating without license.

Miss. Code Ann. § 75-79-19

in effect

Any person who operates a pulpwood receiving facility as defined in Section 75-79-5 without a proper license shall upon a first conviction thereof be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punished by a fine of not less than three hundred dollars ($300.00) nor more than one thousand dollars ($1,000.00), and upon a second or subsequent conviction thereof, he shall be punished by a fine of not less than one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) nor more than five thousand dollars ($5,000.00).

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