MCA Chapter 11

in effect

Miss. Code Ann. § 57-11-1 Repealed.

Repealed by Laws, 1988, ch. 518, § 93, eff from and after July 1, 1988. [Codes, 1942, § 8940-41; Laws, 1964, ch. 512, § 1; 1979, ch. 438, § 18]

Miss. Code Ann. § 57-11-3 Duties and responsibilities of council.

The duties and responsibilities of the council shall be to advise the division of marketing of the Mississippi Department of Economic Development regarding the development and execution of programs designed to carry out the purposes hereinbefore stated and to advise the governor and the legislature regarding policies and laws bearing upon the marketing of products and services and the establishment of industries utilizing or otherwise relating to agricultural and forestry products.

Miss. Code Ann. § 57-11-5 Composition of council; terms of members; officers; quorum.

The council shall consist of fifteen (15) members from the state at large, representative of the various segments of agriculture and forestry, to be selected and appointed by the governor, and who shall serve for a term of not more than four (4) years under each appointment, which term of office shall expire at the expiration of the term of office for which the governor appointing the members was elected, without regard for the date of actual appointment of the members. Such members shall continue to serve until their successors have been appointed and duly qualified. The governor shall appoint a chairman and a vice-chairman of the council, and nine (9) members shall constitute a quorum of the members thereof.

Miss. Code Ann. § 57-11-7 Repealed.

Repealed by Laws, 1988, ch. 518, § 93, eff from and after July 1, 1988. [Codes, 1942, § 8940-44; Laws, 1964, ch. 512, § 4; Laws, 1979, ch. 438, § 20]

Miss. Code Ann. § 57-11-9 Repealed.

Repealed by Laws, 1979, ch. 438, § 22, eff from and after February 1, 1980. [Codes, 1942, § 8940-45; Laws, 1964, ch. 512, § 5]

Miss. Code Ann. § 57-11-11 Repealed.

Repealed by Laws, 1988, ch. 518, § 93, eff from and after July 1, 1988. [Codes, 1942, § 8940-46; Laws, 1964, ch. 512, § 6; Laws, 1979, ch. 438, § 21]

Miss. Code Ann. § 57-11-13 Repealed.

Repealed by Laws, 1979, ch. 438, § 22, eff from and after February 1, 1980. [Codes, 1942, § 8940-47; Laws, 1964, ch. 512, § 7]

Miss. Code Ann. § 57-11-15 Establishment of Mississippi Craft Stores.

For the purpose of aiding, establishing and providing proper facilities for the efficient display and merchandising of crafts and arts in the interest of those individual citizens who are producing and are capable of producing various items of value and interest, the general public and the State of Mississippi, and to assist in the display, disposal and sale of such arts and crafts, there is hereby established under the supervision of the Mississippi Marketing Council the Mississippi Craft Stores.

Miss. Code Ann. § 57-11-17 Powers and authority of marketing council with respect to acquisition of facilities for craft stores.

The Mississippi Marketing Council is hereby authorized to acquire by donation or lease for and in the name of the State of Mississippi suitable and accessible facilities as may be necessary for the display, disposal and sale of those certain objects of crafts and arts set forth in Section 57-11-15. The marketing council is hereby authorized and empowered to lease, or rent, to any individual any part of the property under its jurisdiction acquired for such purposes. The funds derived from any lease, or rental contract, entered into under authority of this section shall be deposited in the state treasury to the credit of the general fund of the state.

Miss. Code Ann. § 57-11-19 Cooperation with marketing council by state agencies.

The Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks, the Mississippi Arts Commission, the Mississippi Department of Education, the Department of Human Services, the Mississippi Extension Service, the Mississippi Department of Agriculture and Commerce, the Mississippi Department of Economic and Community Development, and the Mississippi Fair Commission may cooperate with the marketing council in carrying out the purposes of Sections 57-11-15 through 57-11-21.

Miss. Code Ann. § 57-11-21 Restrictions on sales of merchandise by craft stores.

No craft store shall have on display, for sale, or otherwise handle any merchandise commercially manufactured except soft drinks or other items related to snacks.

Miss. Code Ann. § 57-11-31 Preparation of market studies, plant specifications, cost estimates, job estimates and operating statements.

The Mississippi Agricultural and Industrial Board is hereby authorized and empowered to employ such a firm or firms which are experienced, competent and qualified in the field of market research, industrial research, plant design and engineering as may be necessary to accomplish the following work in the shortest time possible: To make a broad, preliminary market study to reveal a wide range of products, both agricultural and nonagricultural, that can be manufactured in Mississippi from materials and resources available in or to Mississippi. To make detailed market studies in connection with the favorable products revealed by the preliminary study above referred to, in order to determine with reasonable certainty those products for which a profitable and growing market exists. Lay out, design and prepare plans and specifications of the plants, machinery, equipment and other facilities necessary to produce in profitable volume those products selected as a result of the detailed study authorized in the foregoing paragraph. Prepare detailed cost estimates of the necessary land, buildings, machinery, equipment and other facilities and determine the amount of investment capital required to build and equip each plant. Prepare an estimate of the number of jobs to be created by each plant designed pursuant to Sections 57-11-31 through 57-11-39, the wage scale of the employees and the annual payroll of each plant. Prepare a projected operating statement of each plant, showing the anticipated profits at the end of the first, third and fifth year of operation, based on maximum operating capacity. Prepare the same information based on the assumption that the plant will operate at minimum operating capacity. Provide the same information for such percentages of maximum operating capacity as the board may deem necessary to determine with reasonable certainty the capacity at which the plant must operate in order to show a profit and to attract investment capital. The aforesaid studies shall show the normal operating capital requirements of each plant for the first five (5) years.

Miss. Code Ann. § 57-11-33 Contracts and expenditures for services.

The Mississippi Agricultural and Industrial Board is authorized and empowered to contract and pay for the services set out in the foregoing section, in such amount or amounts as may be necessary to attain the objectives of Sections 57-11-31 through 57-11-39, provided such commitments and expenditures are not to exceed the sum of one hundred fifty thousand dollars ($150,000.00) appropriated by the Mississippi Legislature for special market research and do not, at any time, exceed for plant design and engineering the amount or balance that may be available in a special “plant engineering revolving fund” maintained in the state treasury by an initial appropriation by the Mississippi Legislature in the amount of two hundred fifty thousand dollars ($250,000.00).

Miss. Code Ann. § 57-11-35 Offering of plant designs, etc., to individuals or groups; repayment of plant engineering costs by users of designs, etc.

The Mississippi Agricultural and Industrial Board is authorized and empowered to offer the market research information and such plant designs, blueprints, estimates of operation and other information obtained as the result of the surveys and studies authorized by Sections 57-11-31 through 57-11-39 to any individual or group of individuals in Mississippi, including any governmental subdivision thereof. However, the Mississippi Agricultural and Industrial Board shall inform such individuals or group of individuals desiring to make use of such plans, specifications and other information that the cost of the actual design, engineering and other work connected with each proposed plant, but not the cost of the special market research, has come from a revolving fund established by the Mississippi Legislature under Sections 57-11-31 through 57-11-39, and that the cost of such plant engineering services must be included by such individuals or group of individuals in the total cost of the new plant and the amount repaid to the state treasurer, to be placed in the said revolving fund, and thereby made available to pay for the cost of additional engineering and other services in connection with the design of plants for the use by other individuals. The Mississippi Agricultural and Industrial Board, after having investigated and confirmed the financial responsibility of the applicant, shall require each individual or group of individuals building a plant by the plans and specifications so provided to enter into a valid, legal and binding obligation to repay the cost of such plant engineering to the “plant engineering revolving fund” maintained in the state treasury, in an amount each year and over a period of years to be fixed by the said board in its discretion. If the individual or group of individuals building a plant by the plans and specifications so provided shall enter into a contract with any municipality for the construction of a plant from the proceeds of bonds to be issued under the provisions of Sections 57-1-1 through 57-1-51, known as the “Balance Agriculture With Industry Law,” then the cost of such plant engineering shall be included as a part of the initial cost of the building and shall be repaid to the state treasurer from the proceeds of the sale of said bonds.

Miss. Code Ann. § 57-11-37 Plant engineering revolving fund.

The term “revolving fund” means a “plant engineering revolving fund” maintained in the state treasury as a separate fund which can be expended by the Mississippi Agricultural and Industrial Board for costs incurred in connection with the design engineering and projected operating estimates of the proposed industrial plants so long as there is a balance in the fund provided by the Mississippi Legislature. All moneys repaid by individuals or groups of individuals in return payment for such plant engineering will be credited to the “plant engineering revolving fund” so that additional studies can be made on the same basis and under the same conditions as provided in Sections 57-11-31 through 57-11-39.

Miss. Code Ann. § 57-11-39 Transfer of funds on termination of program.

If the program provided by Sections 57-11-31 through 57-11-39 is terminated or discontinued for any reason in the future, all moneys in the “plant engineering revolving fund,” after the payment by the Mississippi Agricultural and Industrial Board of any outstanding costs in connection with said plant engineering, shall be transferred to the general fund of the state treasury on written certification of the director of the Mississippi Agricultural and Industrial Board that this program has been so discontinued or terminated, citing the statutory authority therefor.

Miss. Code Ann. § 57-11-61 Short title.

Sections 57-11-61 through 57-11-69 may be cited as “The Selected Industrial Feasibility Law of 1964.”

Miss. Code Ann. § 57-11-63 Preparation of marketing, operating and financial feasibility studies of selected heavy industries.

The Mississippi Agricultural and Industrial Board is hereby authorized and empowered to contract with a firm or firms which are experienced, competent and qualified to make market, operating and financial feasibility studies as may be necessary to accomplish the following: To make specific marketing, operating and financial feasibility studies of selected heavy industries in the chemical, petrochemical, mineral, wood and pulp-using, and related fields that can properly be constructed and operated in the State of Mississippi to preempt markets that now exist or may exist. To contract with the firm or firms making such feasibility studies on the basis that they will recommend methods which will promptly cause to be constructed and/or operated, such manufacturing and industrial facilities, or either, as may prove by these studies to be feasible.

Miss. Code Ann. § 57-11-65 Contracts and expenditures for feasibility studies; contributions.

The Mississippi Agricultural and Industrial Board is authorized and empowered to contract and pay for the feasibility studies as set out in Section 57-11-63, in such amount or amounts as may be necessary to attain the objectives of Sections 57-11-61 through 57-11-69, provided such commitments and expenditures do not at any time exceed the amount or balance that may be available in a special “selected industrial feasibility fund” maintained in the state treasury through such appropriation as may be subsequently made by the legislature for such purpose, or as received from contributions and funds from various political subdivisions, and area industrial development districts or organizations. Cities, towns, municipalities, boards of supervisors, and any and all combinations thereof, and area industrial development districts or organizations, are hereby authorized, in the discretion of said political subdivisions and area industrial development districts and organizations, to make contributions to the Mississippi Agricultural and Industrial Board, such funds as said political subdivisions are authorized to use for advertising and industrial promotion purposes, to be deposited into the “selected industrial feasibility fund,” and which contributions will be used by the Mississippi Agricultural and Industrial Board for the purposes of making the hereinabove designated feasibility studies, and said studies shall be made available to said contributing political subdivisions, and area industrial development districts or organizations.

Miss. Code Ann. § 57-11-67 Progress reports; termination of study.

The firm or firms which are under contract to make such feasibility studies shall submit progress reports to the Mississippi Agricultural and Industrial Board on each stage of the study, and should any stage of the progress report reflect that the stage or feasibility study shall not be feasible, then the entire study shall be terminated.

Miss. Code Ann. § 57-11-69 Selected industrial feasibility fund.

There shall be a “selected industrial feasibility fund,” which fund shall be maintained in the state treasury as a separate fund. The Mississippi Agricultural and Industrial Board is authorized to receive appropriated funds from the legislature of the State of Mississippi and contributions and funds from the different political subdivisions of this state and area industrial development districts or organizations, and shall deposit all of said funds and contributions into this “selected industrial feasibility fund,” and said Mississippi Agricultural and Industrial Board shall, in the manner now required by law, expend from said fund such sums of money necessary for the payment of feasibility studies required in connection with the provisions of Sections 57-11-61 through 57-11-69, so long as there is a balance in the said fund.