69-21-117 - Licensing of nonresident applicators and pilots; reciprocity with other states. - Mississippi Statutes

§ 69-21-117. Licensing of nonresident applicators and pilots; reciprocity with other states.
 

(1)  Any person who is a nonresident of this state and who intends to perform agricultural aircraft operations in this state as an applicator or pilot shall obtain the appropriate applicator's or pilot's license under this article and comply with all the other licensing requirements for a resident licensee. Nonresident applicators shall also designate and maintain a resident agent in this state for service of process. 

(2)  Any person who is duly licensed as an agricultural aviation pilot in another state, whose requirements for licensure as an agricultural aviation pilot are at least equal to those of this state, may be granted an agricultural aviation pilot's license by this state upon the submission of the required application, provided the laws of the state from which the applicant comes grant similar privileges to applicants from this state. The department is authorized to enter into a reciprocity agreement with any state meeting the qualifications of this subsection. 
 

Sources: Codes, 1942, § 5011-09; Laws,  1966, ch. 239, § 9; reenacted, 1983, ch. 304, § 9; reenacted, 1991, ch. 391, § 9; reenacted without change, Laws,  1996, ch. 447, § 9; reenacted without change, 1997, ch. 468, § 9; Laws, 2002, ch. 301, § 7; reenacted without change, Laws, 2004, ch. 514, § 7; reenacted without change, Laws, 2006, ch. 494, § 9; reenacted, Laws, 2009, ch. 515, § 7, eff from and after passage (approved Apr. 8, 2009.)