Mississippi Agricultural Districts & Agricultural Land Preservation (MS)
Tracked preemption from the Mississippi overlay bundle.
Overview
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Effective
1980-01-01
Sunset
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Authority
state
Scope
state:MS
Other Mississippi preemptions
Mississippi Brownfields Voluntary Cleanup & Redevelopment ActMississippi Coastal Preserves System — Tidelands Trust & MDMR Designated PreservesMississippi Gaming Control Act — Gulf Coast & River County Casino Siting PreemptionMississippi Tax Increment Financing Act — Redevelopment & Economic Development TIFMississippi Coastal Wetlands Protection Law — MDMR Permit JurisdictionMississippi Floodplain Management Act — NFIP Compliance & SFHA Construction StandardsMississippi Military Installation Influence — AICUZ Coordination (Keesler AFB, Columbus AFB, NAS Meridian, Stennis Space Center, Camp Shelby)Mississippi Inland Wetlands & Waters — §401 Water Quality Certification
Trigger predicate
When this evaluates true for a parcel, the law's preempted fields take precedence over base zoning.
OR
parcel.has_active_ag_district_designation==Trueparcel.land_use_classification==agriculture
Preempted fields
2 fields on the base district schema are rewritten when the trigger fires.
| Field | Op | Value | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
base_districts[*].agricultural_right_to_farm_protection | override | True | §95-3-29 (Mississippi Right to Farm Act): agricultural operations existing 1+ year cannot be deemed nuisance due to changed conditions in or about the locality; protects farm operations against urban-encroachment nuisance suits |
parcel.tax_assessment_basis | override | use_value_class_ii_agricultural | Class II agricultural use-value assessment under §27-35-50 |
Citation
Authority source
Miss. Code Ann. §§69-25-1 et seq. (Department of Agriculture & Commerce); §95-3-29 (Right to Farm); §27-35-50 (use-value ag assessment); §17-1-17(2) (county zoning ag exemption)
§ §§69-25-1 et seq.; §95-3-29
Research notes
Mississippi does not have a formal voluntary agricultural-district statute like NC's §106-735 or TN's §43-34 — agricultural land preservation operates through (1) the §95-3-29 Right to Farm nuisance shield, (2) Class II use-value assessment, and (3) §17-1-17(2) which exempts bona fide agricultural land in unincorporated areas from county zoning. CAFO operations subject to MDEQ NPDES permitting in parallel.