2015 Mississippi Code
Title 27 - TAXATION AND FINANCE
Chapter 106 - IRAN DIVESTMENT ACT OF 2015
§ 27-106-9 - Duties of the Executive Director of the Department of Finance and Administration
(1) (a) Before November 1, 2015, the Executive Director of the Department of Finance and Administration shall develop or contract to develop, using credible information available to the public, a list of persons determined to engage in investment activities in Iran, as described in this section. If the executive director elects to contract for the development of the list, the list must be developed before November 1, 2015. When completed, the list must be posted on the website of the Department of Finance and Administration.
(b) The executive director shall update the list by July 1st of every year.
(c) Before a person is included on the finalized initial list or updated list, the executive director must do all of the following:
(i) Provide ninety (90) days written notice of the executive director's intent to include the person on the list. The notice must inform the person that inclusion on the list will make the person ineligible to contract with the state. The notice also must specify that the person, if it ceases its engagement in investment activities in Iran, may be removed from the list.
(ii) The executive director shall provide a person with an opportunity to comment in writing that it is not engaged in investment activities in Iran. If the person demonstrates to the executive director that the person is not engaged in investment activities in Iran, the person shall not be included on the list.
(d) The executive director shall make every effort to avoid including a person on the list erroneously.
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