There is created within the State Treasury a special fund to be designated the 'Boll Weevil Management Fund' into which shall be deposited all the revenues required to be deposited into the fund under Section 27-65-75(14). Money deposited into the fund shall not lapse at the end of any fiscal year and investment earning on the proceeds in the special fund shall be deposited into the fund. Money from the fund shall be disbursed therefrom upon warrants issued by the State Fiscal Officer upon requisitions signed by the Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce to assist the Mississippi Boll Weevil Management Corporation in carrying out its duties under the Mississippi Boll Weevil Management Act (Section 69-37-1 et seq.). The commissioner shall disburse all of the money the department receives from the fund to the Mississippi Boll Weevil Management Corporation, as defined in Section 69-37-5, for the exclusive purpose of reducing the per acre grower assessments. Laws, 1998, ch. 584, § 1; Laws, 2010, ch. 524, § 18, eff. 7/1/2010.
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