Mississippi Code — 31
Browse 364 sections in division 31 of the Mississippi code. Each section page includes the full statutory text, official source links, and citation guidance.
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- § 31-1-1. Contracts for printing, binding, etc.
- § 31-1-2. Repealed.
- § 31-1-3. Duties vested in Secretary of State.
- § 31-1-5. Kinds of paper to be used.
- § 31-1-7. Kinds of type to be used.
- § 31-1-9. Binding.
- § 31-1-11. Contents of page.
- § 31-1-13. No extra charge for collating.
- § 31-1-15. Number to be printed.
- § 31-1-17. Printing schedule.
- § 31-1-19. Labeling.
- § 31-1-21. Contractor’s accounts.
- § 31-1-23. Department to read proof.
- § 31-1-25. Printing, binding, and stationery.
- § 31-1-27. Certain appraisal records exempt from requirement of public access.
- § 31-3-1. Definitions.
- § 31-3-2. Declaration of purpose.
- § 31-3-3. Composition of board; removal; filling of vacancies.
- § 31-3-5. Organization and administration.
- § 31-3-7. Meetings.
- § 31-3-9. Compensation of members.
- § 31-3-11. Executive director.
- § 31-3-13. Powers and duties.
- § 31-3-14. Certificate of responsibility application and renewal fees; Construction Education Fund; creation; distribution of monies; restrictions; reports.
- § 31-3-15. Certificates of responsibility required for bid.
- § 31-3-17. Special privilege license tax; State Board of Contractors Fund.
- § 31-3-19. Repealed.
- § 31-3-21. Bidding and awards.
- § 31-3-23. Appeals.
- § 31-3-25. Repealed.
- § 31-5-1. Repealed.
- § 31-5-3. Bond for payment of taxes, licenses, etc.
- § 31-5-5-31-5-13. Repealed.
- § 31-5-15. Withdrawal by contractor of amounts retained on public contracts by furnishing different security.
- § 31-5-17. Resident labor used on public works.
- § 31-5-19. Procedure if resident labor not available.
- § 31-5-21. Penalty.
- § 31-5-23. State products used in public works.
- § 31-5-25. Time for full and final payment to contractors; exemptions; monthly submission by contractors of proof of payments to subcontractors.
- § 31-5-27. Payment of interest on delinquent accounts.
- § 31-5-29. Applicability of Sections 31-5-25, 31-5-27.
- § 31-5-31. Provider to subcontractor of equipment used in road construction contract shall notify general contractor of payments not timely made.
- § 31-5-33. Amount of retainage which may be withheld; exemptions.
- § 31-5-35. Public employees prohibited from requiring bidder on public contract to obtain surety bonds from any particular company, agent, or broker.
- § 31-5-37. Contractors submitting bids for public works projects utilizing specified funding required to submit employment plan with bid; contents of plan; review of individuals for vacant positions.
- § 31-5-39. Public entities to establish cost estimate for public work or improvement projects; authority to allocate additional funds to projects.
- § 31-5-41. “Hold harmless” clauses in construction contracts are void; exceptions.
- § 31-5-51. Performance and payment bonds; persons entitled to sue on payment bond; proof of general liability insurance required before entering into certain contracts with state or local governments.
- § 31-5-52. Performance and payment bonds required when using design-build or construction manager at risk methods of project delivery.
- § 31-5-53. Time for bringing suit on bond; venue.
- § 31-5-55. Persons entitled to copies of contract and bond.
- § 31-5-57. Award of attorney’s fees.
- § 31-7-1. Definitions.
- § 31-7-3. Administration of provisions of chapter; purposes.
- § 31-7-5. Administrative rules and regulations.
- § 31-7-7. Duties and powers.
- § 31-7-9. Purchasing regulations.
- § 31-7-10. Lease-purchase program for state agency equipment; participation by local governments; Master Lease-Purchase Program Fund; funding of agency expenses; deposit of monies into State General Fund.
- § 31-7-11. Purchasing practices.
- § 31-7-12. State contract price for purchase of commodities.
- § 31-7-13. Bid requirements and exceptions; public auctions.
- § 31-7-13. 1.
- § 31-7-13. 2.
- § 31-7-13. 3
- § 31-7-14. Public contracts of energy efficiency services [Repealed effective July 1, 2021].
- § 31-7-14. 1.
- § 31-7-15. Preferences for awarding contracts for commodities; procurement of products made from recovered materials; state agencies to purchase products manufactured or sold by Mississippi Industries for the Blind whenever economically feasible.
- § 31-7-16. Purchase of certain equipment capable of being manufactured or assembled in separate units.
- § 31-7-17. Repealed.
- § 31-7-18. Purchase of certain motor vehicles.
- § 31-7-19. Repealed.
- § 31-7-21. Functions of Department of Finance and Administration.
- § 31-7-23. Rebates, refunds, etc. from vendor to inure to benefit of agency or governing authority.
- § 31-7-25-31-7-37. Repealed.
- § 31-7-38. Establishment of group purchasing programs by certain public hospitals and regional mental health centers.
- § 31-7-39-31-7-45. Repealed.
- § 31-7-47. Preference to resident contractors.
- § 31-7-48. Repealed.
- § 31-7-49. Purchases under contract.
- § 31-7-51. Repealed.
- § 31-7-53. Fertilizer.
- § 31-7-55. Penalties.
- § 31-7-55. Penalties.
- § 31-7-57. Individual liability for unlawful expenditures; disposition of recovered funds.
- § 31-7-59. Purchase by municipalities from United States General Services Administration.
- § 31-7-61. Governmental purchases of foreign beef; prohibition against.
- § 31-7-63. Governmental purchases of foreign beef; penalties.
- § 31-7-65. Governmental purchases of foreign beef; commissioner of agriculture and commerce to give notice.
- § 31-7-67-31-7-71. Repealed.
- § 31-7-73. Authority of state agencies to contract for energy efficiency services.
- § 31-7-75-31-7-83. Repealed.
- § 31-7-101. Implementation of central purchase system; establishment of department of purchasing; appointment of purchase clerk and receiving clerk.
- § 31-7-103. General responsibility of purchase clerk; central purchase system to comply with requirements of State Department of Audit; purchases of $1,000.00 or less.
- § 31-7-105. Procedure on bids.
- § 31-7-107. Inventory control.
- § 31-7-109. Receiving reports.
- § 31-7-111. Custody of records.
- § 31-7-113. State department of audit to design and prescribe forms and systems.
- § 31-7-115. Audit reports.
- § 31-7-117. Repealed.
- § 31-7-118. County employees permitted to also serve as purchase clerk, receiving clerk or inventory clerk.
- § 31-7-119. Board of supervisors not to purchase, order or receive products for county; exceptions.
- § 31-7-124. Bond of purchase clerk, receiving clerk and inventory control clerk.
- § 31-7-125. Repealed.
- § 31-7-127. Enforcement.
- § 31-7-129. Repealed.
- § 31-7-201-31-7-225. Repealed.
- § 31-7-301. Legislative findings; meaning of term “public bodies.”
- § 31-7-303. Time for filing requisition for payment of invoice; time for mailing warrant in payment of invoice.
- § 31-7-305. Recordkeeping and notice requirements; time for mailing check in payment of invoice; time for payment in event of dispute; interest penalties.
- § 31-7-307. Disclosure of late payments and interest penalties; preferential payment of certain invoices to obtain discount.
- § 31-7-309. Recovery of attorney’s fees in action to collect interest penalty.
- § 31-7-311. Annual summary of payment record.
- § 31-7-313. Adoption and promulgation of rules and regulations.
- § 31-7-315. Relation to provisions governing payments under public works contracts.
- § 31-7-317. Feasibility studies.
- § 31-7-401. Applicability.
- § 31-7-403. Conditions for use.
- § 31-7-405. Content of the request for proposals or request for qualifications.
- § 31-7-407. Public notice.
- § 31-7-409. Pre-proposal conferences.
- § 31-7-411. Drafting the request for proposals or request for qualifications.
- § 31-7-413. Evaluation factors in the request for proposals or request for qualifications.
- § 31-7-415. Evaluation committee.
- § 31-7-417. Receipt and registration of proposals or qualifications.
- § 31-7-419. Evaluating submitted proposals or qualifications.
- § 31-7-421. Best and final offers.
- § 31-7-423. Awarding the contract.
- § 31-8-1. Legislative purpose; construction of chapter.
- § 31-8-3. Purposes for which counties and municipalities may lease facilities.
- § 31-8-5. Option to purchase.
- § 31-8-7. Lease of real property by municipality to private concern for construction or renovation of buildings or facilities; subleases to United States Postal Service or to any other state or federal agency.
- § 31-8-9. Term of lease; pledge of full faith and credit; limitation of obligation to money appropriated.
- § 31-8-11. Notice of intent to lease; protest; election; advertisement of lease agreement; award of lease.
- § 31-8-13. Full and complete authority for leases.
- § 31-9-1. Definitions.
- § 31-9-3. Repealed.
- § 31-9-5. Powers and duties.
- § 31-9-7. Repealed.
- § 31-9-9. Laws regulating public purchases waived.
- § 31-9-11. Repealed.
- § 31-9-13. Revolving fund.
- § 31-9-15. Inventories.
- § 31-11-1. Bureau of building, grounds, and real property management; definitions.
- § 31-11-3. Powers and duties.
- § 31-11-4. Facilities Management Advisory Committee.
- § 31-11-5. Repealed.
- § 31-11-7. Reports.
- § 31-11-9. Repealed.
- § 31-11-11-31-11-23. Repealed.
- § 31-11-25. Right of eminent domain.
- § 31-11-27. Study of capital needs; annual reports.
- § 31-11-29. Capital expense and development budget.
- § 31-11-30. Capital improvements costing $2 million or more to be funded in two phases; each phase to be funded in separate legislative sessions; phase 1 to be preplanned capital improvements project budget projection; phase 2 to be actual repair, renovation, construction, remodeling, etc.; exemptions.
- § 31-11-31. Commission designated to act for state in matters relating to Federal Higher Education Facilities Act of 1963.
- § 31-11-33. Construction of new public facility to comply with certain building code standards; definitions; specifications; regulation of certain building features.
- § 31-11-35. Adoption of rules and regulations regarding energy performance of state-funded buildings; design and construction of major facility projects to meet or exceed certain energy requirements.
- § 31-11-51-31-11-89. Repealed.
- § 31-11-111-31-11-139. Repealed.
- § 31-13-1. State Bond Attorney.
- § 31-13-3. “Bonds” defined.
- § 31-13-5. Determination of validity of bond issues.
- § 31-13-7. Final decree validating bonds to be forever conclusive.
- § 31-13-9. Validated bonds to be so stamped; use of facsimile.
- § 31-13-11. Court costs and bond attorney’s fee and expenses.
- § 31-15-1. Short title.
- § 31-15-3. Definitions.
- § 31-15-5. Election not required.
- § 31-15-7. Interest and form.
- § 31-15-9. Sale and redemption; acceptance of bonds.
- § 31-15-11. General obligations.
- § 31-15-13. Time limit.
- § 31-15-15. Invalid bonds.
- § 31-15-17. Additional method.
- § 31-15-19. Validation.
- § 31-15-21. Refund of bonds not based on ad valorem tax.
- § 31-15-23. Interest and form.
- § 31-15-25. Security.
- § 31-15-27. Validation.
- § 31-17-1. Composition of State Bond Commission.
- § 31-17-3. General powers of State Bond Commission.
- § 31-17-5. Requests for proposals for bond counsel and certain information about bond counsel once selected to be posted on Department of Finance and Administration and State Treasurer websites.
- § 31-17-11. Composition of state bond retirement commission.
- § 31-17-13. General duties of state bond retirement commission.
- § 31-17-21. State bonds; notice of intention to purchase.
- § 31-17-23. State bonds; best bid accepted.
- § 31-17-25. State bonds; purchase of bonds sold below par.
- § 31-17-27. State bonds; state bond retirement revolving fund.
- § 31-17-29. State bonds; funds in state bond retirement revolving fund may be invested in federal securities.
- § 31-17-31. State bonds; deposit of federal securities.
- § 31-17-33. State bonds; method of retirement by state bond retirement commission.
- § 31-17-35. State bonds; maturity dates to be noted.
- § 31-17-37. State bonds; procedure when funds of state bond retirement revolving fund are inadequate to meet payments.
- § 31-17-39. State bonds; expenditures from and transfer of state bond retirement revolving fund.
- § 31-17-41. State bonds; records and reports of state bond retirement commission.
- § 31-17-43. State bonds; expenses of state bond retirement commission.
- § 31-17-45. Local bonds; repurchase authorized.
- § 31-17-47. Local bonds; notice of intention to purchase.
- § 31-17-49. Local bonds; purchase of bonds sold below par.
- § 31-17-51. Local bonds; restrictions on purchases.
- § 31-17-53. Local bonds; pledge of securities, properties, and taxes.
- § 31-17-55. Local bonds; cancellation.
- § 31-17-57. State and local bonds; paying agent to repay unused funds.
- § 31-17-59. State and local bonds; demand for repayment.
- § 31-17-61. State bonds; destruction of paid and cancelled bonds and coupons.
- § 31-17-71. Repealed.
- § 31-17-73. Repealed.
- § 31-17-75. Legislative intent regarding highway funding.
- § 31-17-77. Restrictions on payment of implementation costs.
- § 31-17-101. State Bond Commission; members; delegation of powers and duties; adoption of rules.
- § 31-17-103. Issuance of notes authorized; terms and conditions.
- § 31-17-105. Purposes and procedures; maintenance of working balance in State General Fund; interfund loans.
- § 31-17-107. Full faith and credit of state pledged on notes.
- § 31-17-109. Sale of notes.
- § 31-17-111. Commission to fix terms and details of notes and provide for issuance.
- § 31-17-113. Use of proceeds limited to purposes provided.
- § 31-17-115. Issuance of interim certificates in anticipation of notes; supplemental powers conferred in issuance of bonds.
- § 31-17-117. Notes and interim certificates to be fully negotiable.
- § 31-17-119. Taxation of notes, interest and income.
- § 31-17-121. State treasurer to keep records of notes issued.
- § 31-17-123. Borrowing authorized to offset temporary cash flow deficiencies; borrowing not to exceed amount which can be repaid in fiscal year of loan.
- § 31-17-125. Authority to borrow money and funds.
- § 31-17-127. Bonds for cost of Four-Lane Highway Program; Four-Lane Highway Trust Fund.
- § 31-17-151. Definitions.
- § 31-17-153. State Bond Commission authorized to make temporary borrowings in anticipation of issuance of state-supported debt.
- § 31-17-155. Temporary borrowings to be evidenced by notes; security.
- § 31-17-157. Issuance of replacement notes.
- § 31-17-159. Payment of principal and interest.
- § 31-17-161. Funding and retirement of temporary borrowings.
- § 31-17-163. Proceeds of temporary borrowings paid to State Treasurer.
- § 31-17-165. Powers and authority of commission.
- § 31-17-167. Purpose of Sections 31-17-151 through 31-17-181.
- § 31-17-169. Full and complete authority for all temporary borrowings.
- § 31-17-171. Nothing in Sections 31-17-151 through 31-17-181 to be construed as applicable to obligations other than those that are state-supported.
- § 31-17-173. Sections 31-17-151 through 31-17-181 deemed to be full and complete authority for exercise of powers granted therein.
- § 31-17-175. Notes to be fully negotiable and shall be “securities” within the meaning of the Uniform Commercial Code.
- § 31-17-177. Notes and income therefrom exempt from state taxation.
- § 31-17-179. Severability.
- § 31-17-181. Validation of notes.
- § 31-18-1. Definitions.
- § 31-18-3. Purpose.
- § 31-18-5. State supported debt issued as variable rate bond.
- § 31-18-7. Issuance of variable rate refunding bonds by the state.
- § 31-18-9. Commission’s power of state-supported debt.
- § 31-18-11. Interest rate exchange or similar agreements; limitations.
- § 31-18-13. Initial date variable rate debt instruments.
- § 31-18-15. Debt obligation or related instrument.
- § 31-18-17. Excercise of power.
- § 31-18-19. Issuance of variable rate bonds.
- § 31-18-21. Provisions of issuance; variable rate bonds.
- § 31-18-23. Sections, clauses, or sentences questioned or adjudged unconstitutional.
- § 31-19-1. Serial payment bonds only may be issued.
- § 31-19-3. Penalty on officials for violations.
- § 31-19-5. Investment of certain funds.
- § 31-19-7. Ratification of bonds signed by officials not in office at the time of sale or delivery.
- § 31-19-9. Payment of county bonds and coupons at maturity.
- § 31-19-11. Allowance for remittance.
- § 31-19-13. Payment of municipal or drainage district bonds.
- § 31-19-15. Remedy of bondholders.
- § 31-19-17. Outstanding bonds may be registered.
- § 31-19-19-31-19-23. Repealed.
- § 31-19-25. Sale of bonds to be advertised.
- § 31-19-27. Doubtful claims defined.
- § 31-19-29. Compromise of doubtful claims.
- § 31-19-31. Bonds to the federal government for state hospitals.
- § 31-19-33. Limitation of actions for payment of bonds and coupons.
- § 31-21-1. Citation of chapter.
- § 31-21-3. Definitions.
- § 31-21-5. Additional powers granted in connection with issuance of bonds.
- § 31-21-7. Construction of chapter.
- § 31-23-1-31-23-19. Repealed.
- § 31-23-51. Citation of chapter.
- § 31-23-53. Definitions.
- § 31-23-55. Powers and duties of board.
- § 31-23-57. Ceiling for issuance of private activity bonds; records; public notice.
- § 31-23-59. Threshold portion of ceiling; applications for notices of allocation; fee; notices of allocation; confirmation of issuance; transfer of funds.
- § 31-23-61. Undesignated portion of ceiling; applications for notices of allocation; fee; notices of allocation; confirmation of issuance.
- § 31-23-63. Student loan portion of ceiling; allocations and transfers; issuance of student loan bonds.
- § 31-23-65. Carry-forward projects; allocation.
- § 31-23-67. Timeliness of statements accompanying applications; record of allocations; notices.
- § 31-23-69. Effect of changes in federal tax laws.
- § 31-25-1. Short title.
- § 31-25-3. Legislative intent; construction.
- § 31-25-5. Definitions.
- § 31-25-7. Mississippi Development Bank created.
- § 31-25-9. Bank’s powers vested in board.
- § 31-25-11. Quorum for conducting business; per diem compensation; expenses.
- § 31-25-13. Repealed.
- § 31-25-15. Disclosure of contractual interest.
- § 31-25-17. Acceptance of membership on bank; nonforfeiture of office or employment.
- § 31-25-19. Powers and duties of Bank.
- § 31-25-20. Power of bank to loan money to local governmental unit.
- § 31-25-21. Power of bank to loan money to local governmental unit.
- § 31-25-23. Loans to local governmental units; purchase or sale of municipal securities.
- § 31-25-25. Prohibited transactions.
- § 31-25-27. Powers of local governmental units to contract with bank; issuance of securities; pledges for repayment; personal liability of local governmental officials; validation of securities; waiver of defenses; fraudulent acts; agreements with regard to powers of State Tax Commission; certain local governmental units required to make certifications to Mississippi Development Bank before issuance of bonds; local governmental units authorized to borrow money from any United States government loan guarantee program.
- § 31-25-28. Purpose for which loan may be made.
- § 31-25-29. Intergovernmental cooperation.
- § 31-25-31. Bonds issued by Bank as general or special obligations of Bank; issuance of bonds as affecting State’s obligation to levy or collect taxes or assessments; liability of State for payment of principal or interest.
- § 31-25-33. Exemption from taxation.