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2017 Mississippi Code
Title 79 - Corporations, Associations, and Partnerships
Chapter 23 - Commercial and Proprietary Information
§ 79-23-1. Commercial and financial information exempt from provisions of public access; application of Trade Secrets Act
Universal Citation: MS Code § 79-23-1 (2017)
- (1) Commercial and financial information of a proprietary nature required to be submitted to a public body, as defined by paragraph (a) of Section 25-61-3, by a firm, business, partnership, association, corporation, individual or other like entity, shall be exempt from the provisions of the Mississippi Public Records Act of 1983; provided, however, that nothing herein shall be construed to deny access to such information submitted to a regulatory agency by a public utility that is related to the establishment of, or changes in, rates regulated by such agency.
- (2) Nothing in this section shall be construed to deny a public utility the right to protect trade secrets or confidential commercial or financial information, as provided in subsection (1) of Section 25-61-9.
- (3) Trade secrets and confidential commercial and financial information of a proprietary nature developed by a college or university under contract with a firm, business, partnership, association, corporation, individual or other like entity shall be exempt from the provisions of the Mississippi Public Records Act of 1983.
- (4) Misappropriation of a trade secret shall be governed by the provisions of Mississippi Uniform Trade Secrets Act, Section 75-26-1 through 75-26-19.
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