Mississippi Code
Powers and Duties of Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks
§ 55-3-41. Mississippi Park Fund

A fund to be known as "Mississippi Park Fund" is hereby established in the State Treasury, and all funds held in the "Mississippi Park System Fund" shall be transferred thereto.
Funds collected by the department shall be deposited in the State Treasury to the credit of the fund. The interest from the Mississippi Park Fund earned from any investment or deposit made pursuant to Section 27-105-33, Mississippi Code of 1972, shall be credited to the Mississippi Park Fund by the treasurer. Expenditures shall be made from the fund upon requisition signed by the executive director, or by a person whom the executive director may designate and the State Fiscal Officer shall issue his warrant on the State Treasury payable out of the Mississippi Park Fund. All funds in the Mississippi Park Fund shall be expended only pursuant to appropriation approved by the Legislature and as provided by law.

Structure Mississippi Code

Mississippi Code

Title 55 - Parks and Recreation

Chapter 3 - State Parks and Forests

Powers and Duties of Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks

§ 55-3-33. General powers and duties of department

§ 55-3-41. Mississippi Park Fund

§ 55-3-45. Local advisory committees

§ 55-3-47. Leasing and conveyance of easements and rights-of-way; settlement of title or boundary disputes; sale or exchange of certain state park lands; disposition of revenues

§ 55-3-49. Preventive maintenance program

§ 55-3-51. Development of historic sites

§ 55-3-53. Sale of timber on state park lands

§ 55-3-54. State Parks Timber Management Endowment Fund

§ 55-3-57. Bond of employees; disposition of recovery on forfeiture of bond

§ 55-3-59. Penalties for violations of rules and regulations

§ 55-3-61. Appropriations and donations by county boards of supervisors for park purposes

§ 55-3-63. Sardis Lake and Enid Lake state parks

§ 55-3-65. State park, game management areas and wildlife refuges in Pickwick Reservoir Area

§ 55-3-67. Samuel Dale historical monument

§ 55-3-69. Comprehensive long-range plan for development of state outdoor recreation resources

§ 55-3-71. Duties of executive director relating to Land and Water Conservation Fund Act

§ 55-3-73. Agreements with United States, etc., generally; representation of state and local entities

§ 55-3-75. Projects to be undertaken only if funds are available

§ 55-3-77. Agreements with United States on behalf of counties, municipalities and other governmental units

§ 55-3-79. Outdoor Recreation Fund

§ 55-3-81. Functions and jurisdiction of state agencies unaffected by Sections 55-3-69 through 55-3-79

§ 55-3-83. Yocona Ridge State Park renamed George Payne Cossar State Park