Current through December 10, 2024
Pursuant Miss. Code Ann. 69-15-19 the Mississippi Board of Animal Health is charged with administering those funds collected from the "I Care For Animals" car tag program. Accordingly, these rules have been developed to implement the Animal Care Fund program.
1. Application a. Any person or other entity (hereinafter "Applicant") desiring to acquire monies from the Animal Care Fund (hereinafter "the Fund") shall complete and submit an application to the Mississippi Board of Animal Health (hereinafter "the ("MBAH").b. The application shall require the Applicant to specify the name of the project/activity or event (hereinafter "Project"), on which the funds are to be used and the details of the Project, such as expenses, costs, completion dates, locations of planned activities and other necessary requirements. Applications must be submitted at least thirty (30) days prior to a board meeting of the MBAH in order to be placed on the agenda. The MBAH. shall then decide whether or not to recommend that an applicant shall receive a grant from the Fund.c. Those Projects requesting monies from the Fund for spay/neutering activities shall receive priority by the Board over other applications, in its consideration of the distribution of monies from the Fund.d. Applications shall contain a signature of the person authorized by the applicant to execute binding documents. Also attached to the application for a private applicant shall be a copy of the organization's articles of incorporation, the IRS tax-exempt determination letter (or documentation of its pending status), a list of officers and directors (with addresses and telephone numbers), and a copy of any reports, newsletters or other information of the organization's activities.e. Under no condition are monies distributed from the Fund to be used for euthanasia activities.2 Miss. Code. R. 101-2-04-100
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-15-19Amended: February 14, 2014