Mississippi Code
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-5-1 (2026)
Mississippi Fair Commission abolished and powers, duties, obligations transferred to Department of Agriculture and Commerce; Mississippi Fair Advisory Council created; composition
✓ current as of July 2026
- (1) The Mississippi Fair Commission is hereby abolished, and all of the powers, duties, property, contractual rights and obligations and unexpended funds of that commission shall be transferred to the Department of Agriculture and Commerce on July 1, 2020. Wherever the term "Mississippi Fair Commission" appears in any law or regulation, the same shall mean the Department of Agriculture and Commerce. The transfer of personnel shall be commensurate with the number and classification of positions allocated to the commission.
- (2) In order to promote agricultural and industrial development in Mississippi and to encourage the farmers to grow better livestock and agricultural products, there is hereby created an advisory council to be hereafter known as the Mississippi Fair Advisory Council. The department shall receive input and guidance from the advisory council, which shall be composed of the following: The Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce, chairman, the Director of the Mississippi State University Extension Service, President of the Mississippi Livestock Association, the Director of Mississippi Vocational Education, the Director of the Mississippi Development Authority, the Mayor of the City of Jackson, Mississippi, the Dean and Director of Alcorn State University School of Agriculture and Applied Sciences,and an appointee of the Governor, all to serve without salary compensation.
Codes, 1942, § 4435-50; Laws, 1946, ch. 295, §§ 1-6; Laws, 1958, ch. 140, § 1.
Reenacted and amended by Laws, 2021, ch. 362, SB 2076,§ 1, eff. 7/1/2021.
Amended by Laws, 2020, ch. 417, HB 1566,§ 4, eff. 7/1/2020, expires 7/1/2022.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2
cases, 1987–2011 · leading case: Joseph v. Tennessee Partners, Inc., 501 So. 2d 371 (Miss. 1987).
Joseph v. Tennessee Partners, Inc., 501 So. 2d 371 (Miss. 1987). “In the case at bar, appellant argues for the existence of a genuine issue of material fact against the motion granted to the Mississippi Fair Commission, in that the Commission is not cloaked from liability because of the doctrine of sovereign immunity, and as a statutorily…”
Wiltshire v. Mississippi Fairgrounds Comm'n, 75 So. 3d 563 (Miss. Ct. App. 2011). “” Miss.Code Ann. § 69-5-1 (1972 and Rev.2005).”
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