As Amended
SEC. 69-43-5. Assessment for ratite slaughtered; Mississippi Ratite Promotion Fund [Repealed effective July 1, 2006].
(1) There is imposed and levied an assessment not to exceed Eight Dollars ($8.00) per ratite slaughtered within the State of Mississippi. Such assessment shall be deducted by the processor from the amount paid the producer at the first point of processing or sale.
(2) The assessment imposed and levied by this section shall be payable to and collected by the Mississippi Department of Agriculture and Commerce, hereafter referred to as "the department," from the processor of such ratites at the first point of processing or sale. The proceeds of the assessment collected by the department shall be deposited monthly with the State Treasurer in a special fund to be established as the "Mississippi Ratite Promotion Fund," and disbursement therefrom shall be made upon warrants issued by the State Fiscal Officer upon requisitions signed by the Chairman and Secretary-Treasurer of the Mississippi Ratite Council and Promotion Board, or their designee, in the manner provided by law. The State Treasurer shall invest such proceeds and any interest earned thereon shall be credited to such special fund and shall not be deposited in the State General Fund.
(3) The Mississippi Department of Agriculture and Commerce shall submit to the Mississippi Ratite Council and Promotion Board a budget detailing and justifying the administrative costs of the department in administering the provisions of this chapter, and such budget must be approved by the Mississippi Ratite Council and Promotion Board by April 1 of each year. The amount withheld by the department, which shall not exceed three and one-half percent (3-1/2%) of the gross amount collected, must be approved by the Mississippi Ratite Council and Promotion Board by July 1 of each year.
SOURCES: 1997 Laws, Chapter 375, Sec. 3, HB1193, Effective July 1, 1997. Reenacted by Laws 2000, Ch. 331, Sec. 3, HB244; Reenacted without change, Laws, 2004, ch. 383, § 3, HB 281, eff from and after July 1, 2004.
PREVIOUS VERSIONS: Pre-2004