The Governor of the State of Mississippi is hereby authorized to enter into an indenture and agreement with the Tennessee Valley Authority as the agent of the United States of America whereby the State of Mississippi will acquire certain lands located in Tishomingo County, Mississippi, in the Pickwick Reservoir Area for use as a state park or parks, game management areas, and/or wildlife refuges. The department is hereby authorized and empowered to establish, maintain and operate a state park or parks, game management areas, and/or wildlife refuges on said lands thus acquired.
The department is authorized to build a lodge or lodges, cabins, boating, recreational, camping, and any and all other facilities suitable or convenient for the purpose of establishing such a state park or parks, game management areas, and/or wildlife refuges not to be limited by the enumeration of purposes above. All state and local agencies of government are authorized to assist and cooperate with the commission for the purposes of this section.
Structure 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
§ 55-3-49. 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
§ 55-3-75. Projects to be undertaken only if funds are available
§ 55-3-79. Outdoor Recreation Fund
§ 55-3-83. Yocona Ridge State Park renamed George Payne Cossar State Park