Mississippi Code
Title 49 - Conservation and Ecology

§ 49-1-1. Definitions - Wherever used in this chapter, or in any other statute,...

§ 49-1-3. Commission on Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks assuming powers and duties of Commission on Wildlife Conservation - The Commission on Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks shall be the...

§ 49-1-4. Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks to assume powers and duties of Department of Wildlife Conservation - The Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks shall be the...

§ 49-1-9. Chief law enforcement officer - The director shall appoint a chief law enforcement officer who...

§ 49-1-11. Public relations officer - The director, with the advice and consent of the commission,...

§ 49-1-13. Conservation officers - The director is hereby authorized and directed to appoint as...

§ 49-1-16. Conservation Officers' Reserve Unit - There is hereby created a Conservation Officers' Reserve Unit, hereinafter...

§ 49-1-21. Fidelity bonds; oath of office - Before entering upon the duties of his office, the Executive...

§ 49-1-29. Powers and duties of commission and executive director - The commission may promulgate rules and regulations, inaugurate studies and...

§ 49-1-33. Acquisition of lands overflowed by construction of dam - Whenever the commission shall desire to construct or cause to...

§ 49-1-37. Power to dispose of contraband animals, birds, fish, etc. - The edible portions of all game or fur-bearing animals, game...

§ 49-1-39. Power to capture or destroy animals injurious to property - The commission may issue permits to kill any species of...

§ 49-1-41. Power to issue permits for scientific or propagation purposes - The commission may issue a permit, revocable at pleasure, to...

§ 49-1-44. Powers and duties of conservation officers to apprehend certain violators - In addition to the regulations of the commission and the...

§ 49-1-45. Publication of rules, regulations and orders - Rules, regulations and orders of the commission shall be published...

§ 49-1-47. Commission may execute deeds to clear up ambiguities in conveyances to it - The commission is hereby authorized to execute and deliver deeds...

§ 49-1-49. Cooperation with other departments - The commission is hereby authorized to, and shall cooperate with...

§ 49-1-51. Funds - All funds collected by the department under this chapter shall...

§ 49-1-53. Offices; supplies - The department may, with any funds owned by it, purchase...

§ 49-1-55. Natural Science Museum - The museum will henceforth be named "Mississippi Museum of Natural...

§ 49-1-57. Assent to federal program for promotion of hunter safety, principles of conservation and sportsmanship - The State of Mississippi hereby assents to the provisions of...

§ 49-1-65. Hunter Education and Training Program Fund - Any assessments collected under subsection (3) of Section 99-19-73 shall...

Chapter 2 - Department of Environmental Quality

In General

§ 49-2-1. Declaration of purpose - It is hereby declared to be the intent of the...

§ 49-2-2. Definitions - For purposes of this chapter, the following words and phrases...

§ 49-2-4. Department of Environmental Quality; executive director; qualifications - The executive director shall be the chief administrative officer of...

§ 49-2-5. Commission on Environmental Quality - The commission shall be composed of persons with extensive knowledge...

§ 49-2-6. Mississippi Commission on Environmental Quality assuming powers and duties of Mississippi Commission on Natural Resources - The Mississippi Commission on Environmental Quality shall be the Mississippi...

§ 49-2-7. Department of Environmental Quality assuming powers and duties of Department of Natural Resources; organization of department; duties - The Department of Environmental Quality shall be the Mississippi Department...

§ 49-2-9. Commission on Environmental Quality; powers and duties - For all seven (7) framework layers, the Mississippi Department of...

§ 49-2-13. Powers and duties of executive director - The executive director shall have the following powers and duties:...

§ 49-2-17. Assistant for administration - Effective July 1, 1979, the executive director shall employ an...

§ 49-2-19. Traveling expenses of departmental employees - All employees of the department, when authorized by the executive...

§ 49-2-21. Attorney General as counsel to Commission and Department of Environmental Quality; executive director authorized to employ legal counsel - The Attorney General shall be counsel and attorney for the...

§ 49-2-23. Authority to enter agreements with National Space Technology Laboratories - The Mississippi Department of Natural Resources, as created in Section...

§ 49-2-24. Conference suite within Mississippi Technology Transfer Center named in honor of Herman Cowan Glazier, Jr - The conference suite within the Mississippi Technology Transfer Center at...

Environmental Self-Evaluation Reports -

Home-Generated Medical Sharps Disposal Education Program

§ 49-2-81. Short title - Sections 49-2-81 through 49-2-87 shall be known and may be...

§ 49-2-83. Legislative findings - The Legislature finds that: Each year, according to the Environmental...

§ 49-2-85. Definitions - The following words and phrases when used in Sections 49-2-81...

Certified Electronic Recyclers

§ 49-2-101. Definitions - As used in Sections 49-2-101 and 49-2-103: "Electronics" means a...

Chapter 3 - Fisheries and Wildlife Research

§ 49-3-1. Short title - This chapter may be cited as the "Fisheries and Wildlife...

§ 49-3-3. Purpose of chapter - The Legislature hereby finds and declares: That the economic progress...

§ 49-3-5. Establishment of laboratory - The Board of Trustees of State Institutions of Higher Learning...

§ 49-3-7. Maintenance of laboratory - The board of trustees of state institutions of higher learning...

§ 49-3-9. Functions - It shall be the function of the laboratory to conduct...

§ 49-3-11. Acceptance of gifts, grants, and contributions - In addition to the appropriations made by the Mississippi Legislature...

§ 49-3-13. Cooperation with state agencies - The laboratory personnel shall cooperate fully with the colleges and...

§ 49-3-15. Work for other organizations - The laboratory personnel may, at their discretion, and subject to...

§ 49-3-17. "Fish" defined; effect of chapter on authority of other agencies - The word "fish" as appears in this chapter shall mean...

Chapter 4 - Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks

§ 49-4-1. Declaration of purpose - It is hereby declared to be the intent of the...

§ 49-4-3. Definitions - For the purposes of this chapter, the following words shall...

§ 49-4-4. Mississippi Commission on Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks - The commission shall be composed of persons with a demonstrated...

§ 49-4-7. Commission to appoint advisory committees; department designated to receive federal funds; department to manage and coordinate all functions related to wildlife and fisheries - The commission shall establish and appoint advisory committees for Parks...

§ 49-4-8. Powers and duties of department - The Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks shall have the...

§ 49-4-9. Powers and duties of Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks - Effective July 1, 1979, the Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and...

§ 49-4-11. Qualifications of executive director - The executive director shall possess a combination of educational qualifications,...

§ 49-4-13. Powers and duties of executive director - Effective July 1, 1979, the executive director of the Department...

§ 49-4-19. Traveling expenses of departmental employees - All employees of the department, when authorized by the executive...

§ 49-4-21. Attorney General as counsel to Commission and Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks - The Attorney General shall be counsel and attorney for the...

§ 49-4-37. North Mississippi fish hatchery; establishment; operation - The Northeast Quarter of the Northwest Quarter of Section 20,...

§ 49-4-39. Regulation of hunting, fishing and wildlife viewing, guide and outfitter services - The commission may regulate hunting, fishing and wildlife viewing, guide...

Chapter 5 - Fish, Game and Bird Protection and Refuges

In General

§ 49-5-1. Public lands - Such a lease shall provide that the lessee or lessees...

§ 49-5-2. Definitions - For purposes of this chapter, the following words shall have...

§ 49-5-3. Boards of supervisors may add to preserve - The board of supervisors of any county may add additional...

§ 49-5-5. Unlawful to hunt on preserve - It shall be unlawful for any person to hunt with...

§ 49-5-7. What birds protected - No person shall molest, take or destroy or attempt to...

§ 49-5-9. Waterfowl included within term "game." - As used in Sections 49-5-11 to 49-5-19, the term "game"...

§ 49-5-11. Game and fish management projects or refuges; purchase of lands - In addition to the powers and duties now conferred upon...

§ 49-5-14. Fox preserve or refuge; contracts with private landowners in Yalobusha or Grenada counties - In addition to the powers and duties now conferred upon...

§ 49-5-15. Contracts with counties for joint support and maintenance of projects or refuges - The commission may contract with any county or counties in...

§ 49-5-16. Construction of lodges - The commission may enter into agreements with counties in which...

§ 49-5-17. Issuance and retirement of bonds - Bonds may be issued by any municipality or county as...

§ 49-5-19. Posting of refuges - Notices or sign boards not less than one (1) foot...

§ 49-5-21. Fisheries and Wildlife Fund created; annual budget requests to Legislature - The money herein authorized shall be paid by the State...

§ 49-5-23. Federal regulatory authority; cooperative agreements with United States - Consent is hereby given to the making by the Congress...

§ 49-5-25. Wildlife restoration - The State of Mississippi hereby assents to the provisions of...

§ 49-5-29. Federal migratory bird refuges - Consent of the State of Mississippi is hereby given to...

§ 49-5-31. Federal acts - The federal conservation acts for the protection of game and...

§ 49-5-33. Authority of United States Commissioner of fishieries - The United States Commissioner of Fisheries and his duly authorized...

§ 49-5-35. Biological survey - The department is authorized to cooperate with the United States...

§ 49-5-37. Appropriation to eradicate rabies among foxes - The sum of Twenty-five Thousand Dollars ($25,000.00), or so much...

§ 49-5-41. Statute of limitations - Section 99-1-5, Mississippi Code of 1972, shall apply to all...

§ 49-5-45. Duties of district attorneys, county attorneys and circuit judges - It shall be the duty of each district attorney in...

§ 49-5-47. Corporations; how prosecuted - In case of a violation of this chapter or any...

§ 49-5-49. Witnesses - No person called upon to testify as a witness, by...

§ 49-5-51. Disposition of fines - All moneys collected as fines or penalties for violations of...

Powers and Duties of Commission on Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks

§ 49-5-69. Contracts and agreements - The commission is hereby authorized to make and execute agreements,...

§ 49-5-73. Employment of personnel - The commission may employ fiscal consultants, engineers, attorneys, real estate...

§ 49-5-75. Rules and regulations - The commission may make such rules and regulations, inaugurate such...

§ 49-5-76. Commission authorized to solicit and receive gifts on behalf of Mississippi Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks Foundation - The Mississippi Commission on Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks may solicit...

§ 49-5-78. Additional hunting and fishing fee for Wildlife Heritage Fund; purchase of hunting and fishing areas - Included in the hunting and fishing license fees authorized in...

§ 49-5-81. Camping and recreational facilities - The commission may enter into agreements with the department for...

§ 49-5-83. Expenditures and audit of funds - Monies expended from the Wildlife Heritage Fund shall be spent...

§ 49-5-85. Sections cumulative - The provisions of Sections 49-5-61 to 49-5-85 are cumulative, and...

§ 49-5-86. Definitions - For purposes of Sections 49-5-86 through 49-5-98, the following words...

§ 49-5-87. Commission to take title to certain lands in name of state - Land presently owned by the Pascagoula Hardwood Company totaling some...

§ 49-5-88. Bond issuance authorized for purpose of acquiring aforementioned lands - The commission shall have power and is hereby authorized, at...

§ 49-5-89. Bonds; authority of state bond commission; payment; maturities and signatures - Upon the adoption of a resolution by the commission declaring...

§ 49-5-90. Bonds; negotiability; exemption from taxation - All general obligation bonds of the State of Mississippi and...

§ 49-5-91. Bonds; sale; interest - The State Bond Commission shall sell such bonds on sealed...

§ 49-5-92. Bonds; wildlife heritage committee land purchase fund - Upon the issuance and sale of such bonds, the State...

§ 49-5-93. Bonds; rights of bondholders - Any holder of bonds issued under the provisions of Sections...

§ 49-5-94. Bonds; validation - Such general obligation bonds may be issued without any other...

§ 49-5-95. Bonds; legal investments and securities - All bonds issued under the provisions of Sections 49-5-86 through...

§ 49-5-96. Bonds; Sections 49-5-86 through 49-5-98 full and complete authority - Sections 49-5-86 through 49-5-98 shall be deemed to be full...

§ 49-5-97. Bonds; withdrawals from land purchase fund; report of expenditures - The funds which are transferred from the sale of bonds...

§ 49-5-98. Bonds; duty of attorney general; costs - Except as otherwise authorized in Section 7-5-39, the Attorney General...

Nongame and Endangered Species Conservation

§ 49-5-101. Title - Sections 49-5-101 through 49-5-119 shall be known and may be...

§ 49-5-103. Legislative findings and declaration - The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: That...

§ 49-5-105. Definitions - The words and phrases when used in Sections 49-5-101 through...

§ 49-5-107. Designation and protection of nongame wildlife in need of management - The commission shall conduct investigations on nongame wildlife in order...

§ 49-5-109. Designation and protection of endangered species - On the basis of investigations on nongame wildlife provided for...

§ 49-5-111. Programs; permission to remove, capture or destroy endangered species - The commission shall establish such programs, including acquisition of land...

§ 49-5-113. Regulations - The commission shall issue such regulations as are necessary to...

§ 49-5-115. Enforcement; penalties - Any person who violates the provisions of subsection (c) of...

§ 49-5-117. Construction - None of the provisions of Sections 49-5-101 through 49-5-119 shall...

§ 49-5-119. Funding of programs - The cost of programs established under Sections 49-5-101 through 49-5-119...

Mississippi Natural Heritage

§ 49-5-141. Short title - Sections 49-5-141 through 49-5-157 shall be known and may be...

§ 49-5-147. Definitions - For the purposes of Sections 49-5-141 through 49-5-157, the following...

§ 49-5-149. Powers and duties of commission - The commission shall have the following powers and duties: To...

§ 49-5-151. Register of natural areas - The commission shall publish and revise at least annually a...

Chapter 6 - Motor Vehicle and Boat Replacement Program

§ 49-6-1. Definitions - For the purposes of this chapter, the following words are...

§ 49-6-5. Motor vehicle replacement program; standards - The department shall establish and implement a motor vehicle replacement...

Chapter 7 - Hunting and Fishing

In General

§ 49-7-1. Definitions and interpretations - For the purposes of this chapter, the following definitions and...

§ 49-7-1.1. Declaration of public policy - Hunting, trapping and fishing are vital parts of the heritage...

§ 49-7-2. "Social Security Administration" construed to include Railroad Retirement Board - The term "Social Security Administration," wherever used in Title 49,...

§ 49-7-4. Exemption of records relating to hunting, fishing and trapping license applications and holders of such licenses from Mississippi Public Records Act - The records of the Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks...

§ 49-7-7. Use of revenue from increase in license fees - The revenue collected from any increase in license fees pursuant...

§ 49-7-17. License agents; bonding requirements; additional license fee for officer or person issuing license; additional fee to recoup costs of issuing licenses - The department may, by administrative rule, establish qualifications, standards and...

§ 49-7-19. Prohibition against issuing license to person physically or mentally unfit to carry or use firearm - It shall be unlawful for any officer, authorized to issue...

§ 49-7-23. Sale of hunting and fishing licenses by constables designated as deputy conservation officers - The executive director may designate constables as deputy conservation officers,...

§ 49-7-25. Records and reports - Each officer authorized to issue licenses shall keep in a...

§ 49-7-30. Season for nongame gross fish - The season for taking nongame gross fish by hand or...

§ 49-7-31.2. Open season for game birds - The open season for game birds shall be as follows:...

§ 49-7-31.3. Open season for game animals other than deer - The open season on game animals except deer shall be...

§ 49-7-32. Restrictions on hunting with dogs during turkey season - The commission may establish closed seasons on the running, hunting,...

§ 49-7-35. Game season beginning on Sunday - Whenever the time fixed by statute for the beginning of...

§ 49-7-40. Special hunt by handicapped persons in natural area at Arkabutla Lake - The commission may adopt regulations to provide for a special...

§ 49-7-42. Training bird dogs through use of release pens and tamed and identified quail - It is lawful at all times for any person, upon...

§ 49-7-43. Regulation of certain Mississippi lands purchased by federal government - The executive director shall have authority to close all hunting...

§ 49-7-49. Prima facie evidence of hunting, trapping, or fishing - For the purpose of this chapter, the fact that any...

§ 49-7-53. Shipment and other transportation of game birds, animals or fish - Such nonresident licensee shall accompany the shipment or shall attach...

§ 49-7-55. Unlawful to possess, etc. - It shall be unlawful for any restaurant, hotel, club, or...

§ 49-7-56. Restaurants permitted to prepare and serve recreationally caught finfish to persons who caught the fish - It is lawful for any restaurant to possess, prepare and...

§ 49-7-57. Possession of lawfully taken game animal, bird or fish; unlawful possession prohibited - Any game animal, bird or fish lawfully taken may be...

§ 49-7-61. Hunting on Sabbath - If any person shall hunt within one-fourth (1/4) mile of...

§ 49-7-63. Use of traps, nets, etc., prohibited - It shall be unlawful for any person at any time...

§ 49-7-65. Unlawful to hunt, when - Except as provided in this chapter, it is unlawful for...

§ 49-7-67. Unlawful to sell, when - It shall be unlawful for any person to buy, sell...

§ 49-7-69. Use of explosives and chemicals prohibited - It shall be unlawful for any person in the taking...

§ 49-7-71. Unlawful to disturb traps - It shall be unlawful for any person to disturb the...

§ 49-7-73. Unlawful to disturb nests or eggs - It shall be unlawful to needlessly disturb or to destroy...

§ 49-7-75. Unlawful to fire woods, when - It shall be unlawful during the nesting season of game...

§ 49-7-77. Game protected during high water or fire - It shall be unlawful to hunt, trap, take, frighten, or...

§ 49-7-78. Canned hunts prohibited - For purposes of this section, the term "canned hunts" means...

§ 49-7-79. Unlawful to hunt on lands of others, when - It shall be unlawful to hunt, shoot, or trap or...

§ 49-7-80. Releasing aquatic species or animals not indigenous to Mississippi without permit - No person shall stock, place, release or cause to be...

§ 49-7-83. Unlawful not to return to water game fish taken by net - It shall be unlawful for any person to fail to...

§ 49-7-89. Fish dealers not to possess - It shall be unlawful for any fish dealer to buy,...

§ 49-7-93. Killing deer or spotted fawn out of season; penalties - Any person convicted of intentionally killing any deer or spotted...

§ 49-7-97. Liability of public officer for failure to perform duty - Any public officer who wilfully fails to perform any duty...

§ 49-7-103. Seizure and confiscation of property used in illegal hunting or fishing, etc., as contraband - The following property is subject to forfeiture: any firearm, equipment,...

§ 49-7-133. Reciprocity agreement recognizing hunting and fishing licenses issued by participating states - The commission may negotiate with the Louisiana Conservation Commission and...

§ 49-7-135. Compact concerning Pearl River authorized - The executive director may proceed immediately to negotiate with the...

§ 49-7-139. Seafoods excluded - This chapter shall in no way abridge, affect or repeal...

§ 49-7-143. Penalties; Class II violations - Any person who has been convicted of a Class II...

Lifetime Sportsman License

§ 49-7-151. Creation of lifetime sportsman license and Mississippi Wildlife Endowment Fund - Recognizing the inestimable importance to the state and its citizens...

Migratory Waterfowl Stamps

§ 49-7-161. Definitions - For purposes of Sections 49-7-161 through 49-7-173, unless the context...

§ 49-7-163. Unlawful to hunt or take migratory waterfowl without stamp or electronic equivalent; validation of stamp or proof of purchase of electronic equivalent; issuance or sale of stamp or electronic equivalent - It is unlawful for any person sixteen (16) years of...

§ 49-7-165. Fee for stamp - The fee for each stamp issued under Sections 49-7-161 through...

§ 49-7-167. Disposition of revenues - All revenue shall be used for projects approved by the...

§ 49-7-169. Commission may enter into reciprocal agreements with other states - The commission may enter into reciprocal agreements with other states...

§ 49-7-171. Ascertainment of acceptability of projects undertaken outside of state - Before approving and allocating funds for a proposed project to...

§ 49-7-173. Penalties - Any person violating any of the provisions of Sections 49-7-161...

Beaver Control Program -

Forfeiture of Property for Violation of Fish and Game Laws

§ 49-7-255. Liquidation of forfeited property; disposition of proceeds; retention and use of certain property; issuance of certificate of title - The Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks may maintain,...

Hunting Incidents in Which Use of Weapon Causes Injury or Death to a Person -

Wounded Warrior Special Programs -

Chapter 8 - Importation, Sale and Possession of Inherently Dangerous Wild Animals

§ 49-8-1. Legislative findings and declarations - The Legislature finds and declares that it is in the...

§ 49-8-3. Definitions - For purposes of this chapter: "Commission" means the Commission on...

§ 49-8-5. Animals inherently dangerous to humans - The following wild animals are classed as animals inherently dangerous...

§ 49-8-11. Powers and duties of department - The department shall have the following powers and duties: To...

§ 49-8-15. Penalty - A violation of this chapter is a Class I violation...

§ 49-8-17. Authority of counties and municipalities to regulate possession of wild animals - Counties and municipalities may enact ordinances regulating or prohibiting the...

§ 49-8-19. Chapter not applicable to certain livestock - This chapter shall not apply to livestock regulated by the...

Chapter 9 - Mussels

§ 49-9-1. Definitions - As used in this chapter, the following words shall have...

§ 49-9-3. Mussels to be owned by state - The ownership and title of all mussels found in or...

§ 49-9-7. License fees - Any resident, except any company, commercial operation or farm which...

§ 49-9-9. License - The director shall, upon receipt of the proper application provided...

§ 49-9-10. Exporters to pay severance fees; surety bonds - Any exporter shall pay to the department a severance fee...

§ 49-9-11. Deposit of collected monies in game and fish protection fund - The executive director shall keep a record of all applications...

§ 49-9-13. Regulation of mussel beds; taking of mussels; notice - The commission shall make such requirements and regulations governing the...

§ 49-9-15. Hearings; notice; rules and regulations - The commission shall set hearings at such times and places,...

§ 49-9-17. Penalties - Any person, firm, or corporation, violating this chapter, is guilty...

Chapter 10 - Wildlife Violator Compact

§ 49-10-1. Enactment; provisions of compact - The Wildlife Violator Compact is enacted into law and entered...

§ 49-10-3. Penalties for violations by person whose hunting privileges are suspended under compact - It is unlawful for any person whose license, privilege, or...

§ 49-10-5. Rules and regulations to be made and published by Commission on Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks - The Commission on Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks shall make and...

Chapter 11 - Private Shooting Preserves

§ 49-11-1. Definitions - For purposes of this chapter: "Commission" means the Commission on...

§ 49-11-5. Fees for shooting preserve and commercial wildlife enclosure licenses - The fee for a shooting preserve license or a commercial...

§ 49-11-7. License to indicate whether preserve or commercial wildlife enclosure is open to public; records of department - Each license issued by the department shall designate whether or...

§ 49-11-9. Chapter and license hereunder to be supplemental and additional - This chapter is supplemental and in addition to any other...

§ 49-11-13. Hunting season - The season for shooting preserves shall be for a period...

§ 49-11-17. Recovery of released game - The operating licenses issued by the department shall entitle licensees,...

§ 49-11-19. Authority of operators restrictions - Operators may establish shooting limitations and restrictions on the age,...

§ 49-11-21. Harvesting of wild game on shooting preserves or commercial wildlife enclosures - Any native wild game found on shooting preserves or commercial...

§ 49-11-23. Certificate issued to hunter or person leaving preserve with harvested game - The operator shall furnish and issue a consecutively numbered certificate...

§ 49-11-25. Records of operators; consent to patrolling of preserve or enclosure areas - Each operator shall maintain a registration book listing the names...

§ 49-11-27. Penalties for violations - Any person, firm or corporation violating any provision of this...

§ 49-11-29. Chapter not applicable to fox, coyote, or rabbit enclosures - This chapter shall not apply to the operation of fox,...

Chapter 13 - Commercial Quail

§ 49-13-1. Citation of chapter - This chapter may be cited as the Mississippi Commercial Quail...

§ 49-13-3. Definitions - As used in this chapter, the term: "Commission" means the...

§ 49-13-5. Who may engage in the business of propagating quail for commercial sale - Any person, firm or corporation may engage in the business...

§ 49-13-7. Commercial quail breeder's license - A commercial quail breeder's license must first be obtained from...

§ 49-13-9. Sale or transfer of quail carcasses; necessity of transfer by licensed commercial breeder; record of transfer; penalties - The sale or transfer or ownership of any pen-raised quail...

§ 49-13-11. Packaging and labeling for transferred quail carcasses - The carcasses of dressed pen-raised quail shall, when sold or...

§ 49-13-13. Shipment by carrier - When any package containing quail carcasses is to be shipped...

§ 49-13-15. Storage of carcasses - If a package or shipment of quail carcasses is kept...

§ 49-13-17. Records; subsequent change of ownership - In case of the resale or disposition of quail carcasses...

§ 49-13-19. Records; examination and inspection - Each person, firm or corporation, holding a commercial quail breeder's...

§ 49-13-21. Shipments into state - Any person, firm or corporation shipping quail into this state...

§ 49-13-23. Penalties; suspension of license - Any person, firm or corporation violating any provision of this...

§ 49-13-25. Raising of quail for other than commercial sale - Nothing contained in this chapter shall be construed to require...

Chapter 15 - Seafood

Article 1 - General Provisions

§ 49-15-1. Public policy of the state as to seafood laws - As a guide to the interpretation and application of this...

§ 49-15-1.1. Assent to Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act and Dingell-Johnson Sport Fish Restoration Act - The State of Mississippi hereby assents to the provisions of...

§ 49-15-2. Standards for fishery conservation and management; fishery management plans - Any fishery management plan, and any regulation promulgated to implement...

§ 49-15-3. Definitions - As used in this chapter, the term: "Commission" means the...

§ 49-15-5. All seafoods initially the property of the state - All seafoods existing or living in waters within the territorial...

§ 49-15-7. Oyster, clam, cay shells and other shells declared to be property of state - All shells of dead oysters, clams and other shellfish; and...

§ 49-15-9. Rights of riparian owners on Gulf Coast defined - The sole right of planting, cultivating in racks or other...

§ 49-15-11. Mississippi Department of Marine Resources; transfer of certain powers and duties from Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks; Executive Director of the Department of Marine Resources; definition of terms; composition of department;... - Each office shall be composed of the administrative units as...

§ 49-15-16. Limited entry fisheries management program - The commission may develop a limited entry fisheries management program...

§ 49-15-18. Distribution of chapter - The executive director of the department shall publish an abstract...

§ 49-15-19. Attorney General; designation of deputies or assistants; legal advisors to commission and department - The Attorney General shall be counsel and attorney for the...

§ 49-15-21. Enforcement officers; reserve unit - Members oftheimmediate family of enforcement officers shall not be eligibleforthe...

§ 49-15-22. Marine patrol officers of Department of Marine Resources permitted to keep side arm upon retirement - Each person employed as a marine patrol officer by the...

§ 49-15-25. Advisory council may be appointed by commission - The commission may appoint an advisory council of persons who...

§ 49-15-27. Commission granted authority to lease bottoms - The commission is hereby granted full and complete authority to...

§ 49-15-35. Authority to regulate taking and catching of menhaden - Upon the request of the boards of supervisors of the...

§ 49-15-37. Cultivation of oyster reefs; removal of oysters from restricted areas - By order of the commission, the director, under the direction...

§ 49-15-41. Oysters not to be caught at night - It shall be unlawful for any person to fish, catch...

§ 49-15-43. Packaging of oysters; containers - Oysters for sale either wholesale or retail may be packaged...

§ 49-15-44. Sale or possession of illegal oysters prohibited; penalties - The commission shall prohibit the sale or possession of illegal...

§ 49-15-46. Licensing and fees for vessels engaged in catching, taking, carrying or transporting oysters; license requirement for captain of commercial oyster vessel; designation of alternate captain for each license; transfer of vessel license; tagg... - Funds received from the shell retention fee shall be paid...

§ 49-15-49. Pass Christian Harbor oyster check station named the Colonel George J. Wright, Sr., building - The Mississippi Department of Marine Resources' oyster check station located...

§ 49-15-61. Marine museum - The governing body of any municipality or county on the...

§ 49-15-64. Shrimping during closed season prohibited; penalties; promulgation of rules and regulations - Any operator, firm or corporation engaged in commercial shrimping during...

§ 49-15-64.1. Shrimp season: waters closed to shrimping - Begin at green buoy or beacon number 1 which is...

§ 49-15-64.2. Shrimping permitted with cast net - Any person shall be allowed to take shrimp in the...

§ 49-15-65. Jurisdiction of courts; appeals - The justice courts of the respective counties or county courts...

§ 49-15-73. Use of aircraft to assist in harvesting of redfish; penalties - It shall be unlawful for any person to use or...

§ 49-15-74. Open season for menhaden - The commission shall establish open season for menhaden not later...

§ 49-15-83. Interpretation and application of Sections 49-15-71 through 49-15-81 - Nothing in Sections 49-15-71 through 49-15-81 shall be interpreted to...

§ 49-15-87. "Peeler crab" and "soft-shell crab" defined - "Peeler crab" means a blue crab having a new soft...

§ 49-15-89. Unlawful to catch, destroy, confine, hold or have in possession certain crabs - It shall be unlawful for any person to catch, destroy,...

§ 49-15-91. Regulatory authority for maximum number of crab pots allowable per licensee - The commission may establish a maximum number of crab pots...

§ 49-15-93. Penalties - Any person violating any provision of Sections 49-15-83 through 49-15-91...

§ 49-15-94. Use of purse seine to catch mullet during roe mullet season; penalties - It is unlawful for any person to use a purse...

§ 49-15-96. Keeping of certain fish caught in shrimp nets for personal consumption - Vessels licensed under Section 49-15-64.5 may keep in whole, for...

§ 49-15-97. Requirement that commercial fishing vessels use approved lights; penalties - Any fine or sentence, or both, imposed upon a person...

§ 49-15-100.1. Forfeiture of vessels, motors and equipment used in violation of Section 49-15-100 - It is unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to...

§ 49-15-100.3. Prima facie evidence of use of prohibited equipment - The possession of a gill net, trammel net or like...

Article 3 - Gulf States Marine Fisheries Compact

§ 49-15-101. Form of compact - The Governor of this state is hereby authorized and directed...

§ 49-15-103. Membership of Gulf States Marine Commission - In pursuance of Article III of said compact there shall...

§ 49-15-105. Cooperation of state officers and agencies - All officers of the State of Mississippi are hereby authorized...

§ 49-15-107. Powers of commission - There is hereby granted to the commission and the commissioners...

§ 49-15-109. Records and reports - The commissioner shall keep accurate accounts of all receipts and...

Article 4 - Procedures for Forfeiture of Property Seized in Marine Violations

§ 49-15-205. Liquidation of forfeited property; distribution of proceeds from forfeited property; maintenance, repair, use and operation of forfeited property by law enforcement agencies or Department of Marine Resources - The Department of Marine Resources may maintain, repair, use and...

Article 5 - Mississippi Commission on Marine Resources

§ 49-15-303. Powers and duties of commission - The commission shall have the following powers and duties: To...

§ 49-15-304. Promulgation of regulations regarding marine resources - The commission may adopt, modify or repeal rules or regulations...

§ 49-15-307. Powers and duties of department - The department shall have the following powers and duties: To...

§ 49-15-311. Authority of department to purchase physical loss and liability coverage insurance - The department may obtain and pay on coverage for physical...

§ 49-15-317. Certain charter or recreational fishing boats authorized to fillet certain fish at sea - Any charter or recreational fishing boat in the Gulf of...

§ 49-15-321. Commission authorized to establish sanctuaries and nursery grounds; unlawful to engage in prohibited activity in designated sanctuary or nursery area - The commission is hereby authorized to establish sanctuaries to protect...

§ 49-15-323. Commission to have jurisdiction over certain violations of marine resources law or regulations committed in the Gulf of Mexico outside state's territorial waters - If any violation of any marine resources law or regulation...

Article 7 - Administrative Hearing Procedure for Commission on Marine Resources

§ 49-15-401. Purpose; commission not to seek both administrative and criminal penalties except under limited circumstances; commission to notify Department of Marine Resources of violations for administrative penalty processing - It is the purpose of this article to establish an...

§ 49-15-407. Waiver of right to hearing - Failure of the alleged violator to request an informal settlement...

§ 49-15-409. Jurisdiction; rules and regulations - The commission shall have jurisdiction over all persons and property...

§ 49-15-413. Civil penalties for violations - Each violation of the rules and regulations of the commission...

§ 49-15-417. Criminal immunity for witnesses subpoenaed by commission - No person shall be subject to criminal prosecution or to...

Chapter 17 - Pollution of Waters, Streams, and Air

In General

§ 49-17-1. Short title - Sections 49-17-1 through 49-17-43 may be cited as the "Mississippi...

§ 49-17-3. Statement of policy - Whereas, the pollution of the air and waters of the...

§ 49-17-5. Definitions - For the purposes of Sections 49-17-1 through 49-17-43, the following...

§ 49-17-16. Advisory Council - The initial terms of appointment of the members of the...

§ 49-17-17. Powers and duties - The commission shall have and may exercise the following powers...

§ 49-17-19. Standards of air and water quality - In order to carry out the purposes of Sections 49-17-1...

§ 49-17-21. Inspections and investigations; access to and maintenance of records; testing and sampling; monitoring equipment - The commission or its duly authorized representative shall have the...

§ 49-17-22. Enforcement powers of Commission on Marine Resources; cooperation with commission or environmental quality - The Commission on Marine Resources is hereby authorized to cooperate...

§ 49-17-23. Record of minutes, rules, regulations and orders; annual publication, available to public; copies; index - The commission shall keep the minutes of the commission, including...

§ 49-17-26. Notification procedures as to chemicals in underground water exceeding state standards - If the commission determines, after adequate scientific investigation and evaluation,...

§ 49-17-27. Emergency orders; public notice of emergency situations - In the event an emergency is found to exist by...

§ 49-17-29. Permit Board; prohibitions; air and water permits; solid waste and hazardous permits; permit hearings; permit appeals - The Permit Board shall fix the time and place of...

§ 49-17-30. Title V permit fees - If the commission determines that there is not sufficient information...

§ 49-17-31. Proceedings before commission - Whenever the commission or an employee thereof has reason to...

§ 49-17-33. Hearings - The hearings herein provided may be conducted by the commission...

§ 49-17-35. Request for hearing - Any interested person shall have the right to request the...

§ 49-17-37. Transcript of hearings - All hearings before the commission shall be recorded either by...

§ 49-17-39. Protection of confidential information - Information obtained by the commission concerning environmental protection including but...

§ 49-17-41. Administrative appeals; appeals to chancery court; appeals to Supreme Court - In addition to any other remedies that might now be...

§ 49-17-43. Penalties - Any person violating any provision of the Solid Wastes Disposal...

§ 49-17-44.1. Petition for appointment of receiver to operate and manage abandoned or grossly mismanaged sewer systems - If the commission determines that any privately owned sewer system...

Water Pollution Abatement Grant Program

§ 49-17-61. Water pollution abatement loan program established; water pollution abatement bond and loan funds - There is hereby created for the State of Mississippi a...

§ 49-17-63. Loans in aid; eligibility - Loans in aid of construction in amounts of Five Hundred...

§ 49-17-67. Repayment agreement - Before any political subdivision shall receive any loan it shall...

§ 49-17-68. Pollution Emergency Fund created; sources of funds - The Pollution Emergency Fund is hereby created in the State...

§ 49-17-70. Repayment agreement; certificate of approved disposal plant - Before any political subdivision shall receive any loan, it shall...

Tennessee River Basin Water Pollution Control Compact

§ 49-17-71. Tennessee River Basin Water Pollution Control Compact - The governor, on behalf of this state, is hereby authorized...

§ 49-17-73. When compact effective - When the governor shall have executed the compact on behalf...

§ 49-17-75. Commission created - The commission contemplated by Article IV of the above compact...

§ 49-17-77. Authority of commissioners; construction of laws - The three (3) commissioners from the State of Mississippi shall...

Water Pollution Control Revolving Fund

§ 49-17-81. Short title - Sections 49-17-81 through 49-17-89 shall be known and cited as...

§ 49-17-83. Definitions - For the purposes of Sections 49-17-81 through 49-17-89, the following...

§ 49-17-87. Pledge of moneys for repayment of loan; loan agreement and repayment schedule; audits; applicability of limitations on indebtedness - The loan agreement shall provide for periodic payments, the annual...

County and Municipal Bonds for Pollution Control

§ 49-17-101. Definitions - Whenever used in Sections 49-17-101 through 49-17-123, unless a different...

§ 49-17-103. General powers of local governments - Upon compliance with procedures prescribed herein, and subject to the...

§ 49-17-105. General provisions as to bonds - All bonds issued by a municipality under authority of Sections...

§ 49-17-107. Securing payment of bonds - The principal, interest and premium, if any, on any bonds...

§ 49-17-108. Refunding bonds - Any bonds issued under authority of Sections 49-17-101 through 49-17-123,...

§ 49-17-109. Contracts for facilities - Contracts for acquisition, purchase, construction and/or installation of facilities contemplated...

§ 49-17-111. Certain findings necessary preliminary to financing of facilities - Prior to undertaking the financing of any pollution control facility,...

§ 49-17-113. Duties required of industries under agreements and lease/sales - Every agreement under either subsection (d) or (e) of Section...

§ 49-17-115. Optional terms of lease/sale agreements - Any agreement made under subsection (e) of Section 49-17-103 may...

§ 49-17-117. Application of bond proceeds; what costs of acquisition include - The proceeds from the sale of any bonds issued under...

§ 49-17-119. Exemption from state taxation - The bonds authorized by Sections 49-17-101 through 49-17-123 and the...

§ 49-17-121. Governing board to petition for permission to issue bonds - No bonds shall be issued pursuant to the provisions of...

§ 49-17-123. Construction against participation under Chapter 471, Laws of 1971, or in state pollution appropriations - Nothing in Sections 49-17-101 through 49-17-123 shall be construed as...

Mississippi Underground Storage Tank Act of 1988

§ 49-17-401. Short title - Sections 49-17-401 through 49-17-433 shall be known as the Mississippi...

§ 49-17-403. Definitions - For the purposes of Sections 49-17-401 through 49-17-433, the following...

§ 49-17-409. Reports of contamination incidents; no recourse against tank owner; exceptions - The commission is authorized to establish requirements for the written...

§ 49-17-411. Compliance with regulations - No person shall own, install or operate an underground storage...

§ 49-17-415. Obligations of owners and operators of tanks; powers of commission or representatives - For the purposes of identifying the source of known or...

§ 49-17-419. Authority of commission to take timely and effective corrective action; use of funds from pollution emergency fund - Nothing contained in the Mississippi Underground Storage Tanks Act of...

§ 49-17-421. Annual tank regulatory fee; computation of fee - The department may conduct a public hearing on the tank...

§ 49-17-422. Underground Storage Tank (UST) Advisory Council; creation; composition - The council members who are appointed by the Governor and...

§ 49-17-423. Commission to administer funds from Leaking Underground Storage Tank Trust Fund - The commission shall administer the expenditure of any funds made...

§ 49-17-425. Disclosure of records, reports, and information - The disclosure of any records, reports or information obtained pursuant...

§ 49-17-429. Certification to install, alter or remove underground storage tanks - No person may install, alter or remove an underground storage...

§ 49-17-431. Appeal rights - Any person aggrieved by any decision by the commission or...

§ 49-17-433. Savings clause - The provisions of Sections 49-17-401 through 49-17-433 are severable. If...

§ 49-17-435. Annual report on status of underground storage tank program and groundwater protection trust fund - Before November 15 of each year, the department shall report...

Lead-Based Paint Activity Accreditation and Certification Act

§ 49-17-501. Short title - Sections 49-17-501 through 49-17-531 shall be known as and may...

§ 49-17-503. Purpose - The purpose of Sections 49-17-501 through 49-17-531 is to provide...

§ 49-17-505. Definitions - For purposes of Sections 49-17-501 through 49-17-531, the following terms...

§ 49-17-507. Powers and duties of commission - In addition to any other powers and duties authorized by...

§ 49-17-523. Denial of issuance or reissuance of certificates - The commission may deny the issuance or reissuance of any...

§ 49-17-527. Prohibitions under chapter - It is unlawful to: Fail or refuse to comply with...

§ 49-17-531. Authority of commission to establish reciprocity requirements - The commission may establish requirements for reciprocity for accreditation and...

Generation of Hazardous Waste in the Manufacture of Controlled Substances

§ 49-17-601. Legislative intent - It is the intent of the Legislature to make unlawful...

Mississippi Gulf Region Utility Act

§ 49-17-701. Title - Sections 49-17-701 through 49-17-775 shall be known and may be...

§ 49-17-703. Legislative findings - In the spirit of the report of the Governor's Commission...

§ 49-17-705. Definitions - Words and phrases used in this act shall have meanings...

§ 49-17-719. Creation of the Pearl River County Utility Authority - There is hereby created and established a public body corporate...

§ 49-17-723. Creation of the Stone County Utility Authority - There is hereby created and established a public body corporate...

§ 49-17-737. Board of Directors for Hancock County Utility Authority - After expiration of the initial terms, the directors in paragraphs...

§ 49-17-739. Provisions common to the county authorities - The purpose of Sections 49-17-739 through 49-17-773 is to confer...

§ 49-17-743. Powers of the county authorities - From and after April 18, 2006, each and every county...

§ 49-17-749. Rates, fees and other charges by public agencies for services provided by county authority - Whenever a public agency shall have executed a contract under...

§ 49-17-759. Validation of bonds - All bonds (other than refunding bonds, interim notes and certificates...

§ 49-17-761. Payment of bonds - Bonds issued under the provisions of this act shall not...

§ 49-17-763. Powers of county authority in connection with issuance of bonds - The county authority shall have power in connection with the...

§ 49-17-765. Appointment of trustee to represent bond owners; appointment of receiver - The county authority may, in any authorizing resolution of the...

§ 49-17-769. Bonds as legal investments and securities - All bonds issued under the provisions of this act shall...

§ 49-17-771. Rights and powers of county authority to remain unchanged while bonds are outstanding and unpaid - The state hereby covenants with the registered owners of any...

§ 49-17-773. Advance of funds or issuance of notes authorized; terms and conditions - For the purposes of satisfying any temporary cash flow demands...

§ 49-17-775. Severability of provisions - If any clause, sentence, paragraph, section or part of the...

Chapter 18 - Mississippi Liability of Persons Responding to Oil Spills Act

§ 49-18-1. Short title - This chapter may be cited as the Mississippi Liability of...

§ 49-18-3. Definitions - For the purposes of this chapter the term: "Damages" means...

Chapter 19 - Forests and Forest Protection

In General

§ 49-19-3. Selection and qualifications of state forester; other duties and powers of the commission - The duties and powers of the commission shall be: To...

§ 49-19-5. Acquisition and disposal of property - The State Forestry Commission is hereby authorized and empowered to...

§ 49-19-11. Land adjacent to protective areas, etc. - The State Forestry Commission is hereby authorized to protect intermingled...

§ 49-19-13. Part of severance tax may be donated by county - The boards of supervisors of the several counties are hereby...

§ 49-19-15. Appropriations - The state forestry fund when made available by proper appropriation...

§ 49-19-17. Study of forestry in schools and colleges - The state and county boards of public education are directed...

§ 49-19-21. How moneys contributed by government spent - All moneys received from the United States government for protection...

§ 49-19-23. Federal funds; apportionment - All moneys paid to the State of Mississippi by the...

§ 49-19-25. Fires declared nuisances; abandoned open cisterns and wells declared nuisances; abatement - Any fire on any forested, cutover, brush lands or grass...

§ 49-19-33. Southern Regional Fire Training Center renamed the Richard (Dick) Allen Building - The Southern Regional Fire Training Center Building located in Pearl,...

Forestry Education, Timber Management and Forest Fire Control

§ 49-19-111. Promotion of forestry education, timber management and forest fire control - For the purpose of providing assistance to all farm woodland...

§ 49-19-113. Forestry districts and areas to be created - In order to carry out further the program herein authorized,...

§ 49-19-115. Forest acreage tax. - Click to view Upon completion of the third year, the...

South Central Interstate Forest Fire Compact

§ 49-19-141. South Central Interstate Forest Fire Protection Compact authorized - The governor on behalf of this state is hereby authorized...

§ 49-19-143. When compact effective - When the governor shall have executed said compact on behalf...

§ 49-19-145. State forester as compact administrator - The state forester of Mississippi shall act as "compact administrator"...

§ 49-19-147. Powers and duties of compact administrator - The compact administrator, with the assistance of the advisory committee,...

§ 49-19-149. Giving and accepting assistance from member states - Among the other rights and powers conferred by Sections 49-19-141...

Southeastern Interstate Forest Fire Protection Compact

§ 49-19-171. Southeastern Interstate Forest Fire Protection Compact authorized - The governor on behalf of this state is hereby authorized...

§ 49-19-173. When compact effective - When the governor shall have executed said compact on behalf...

§ 49-19-175. State forester as compact administrator; advisory committee - The state forester of Mississippi shall act as "compact administrator"...

§ 49-19-177. Powers and duties of compact administrator - The compact administrator, with the assistance of the advisory committee,...

§ 49-19-179. Giving and accepting assistance from member states - Among the other rights and powers conferred by Sections 49-19-171...

Forest Resources Development Program

§ 49-19-201. Short title - Sections 49-19-201 through 49-19-227 shall be cited as the "Forest...

§ 49-19-203. Public policy stated - The legislature of the State of Mississippi recognizes that the...

§ 49-19-205. Definitions - For purposes of Sections 49-19-201 through 49-19-227, the following words...

§ 49-19-207. Administration of law - The commission shall serve as administrator of the provisions of...

§ 49-19-209. Employment of personnel; purchase of supplies and equipment - The state forester is authorized to employ such professional and...

§ 49-19-211. Rules and regulations - The commission shall adopt and promulgate such rules and regulations...

§ 49-19-213. Utilization of funds to assist in implementing approved practices - The commission is authorized to use the money in the...

§ 49-19-217. When commission may act as vendor; charge for services - If an eligible owner cannot provide his own resources or...

§ 49-19-219. Powers and duties of commission - The commission shall have the following powers and duties to...

§ 49-19-225. Implementation of approved practice on publicly owned land - Any agency, department, board, commission or other subdivision of government...

§ 49-19-227. Forest resource development fund - There is hereby created in the State Treasury a special...

Mississippi Prescribed Burning Act

§ 49-19-301. Short title - Sections 49-19-301 through 49-19-307 may be cited as the "Mississippi...

§ 49-19-305. Definitions - As used in Sections 49-19-301 through 49-19-307 unless the context...

Restrictions On Outdoor Burning -

Forestry Inventory and Strategic Planning Law

§ 49-19-407. Coordinated Outreach and Education Programs - The Executive Directors of the Mississippi Forestry Commission, the Mississippi...

Chapter 21 - Interstate Environmental Compact

§ 49-21-3. Construction - This chapter shall not be construed to authorize the impairment...

Chapter 23 - Outdoor Advertising

§ 49-23-1. Legislative intent - The Legislature hereby finds and declares that the erection and...

§ 49-23-3. Definitions - As used in Sections 49-23-1 through 49-23-29: "An unzoned commercial...

§ 49-23-7. Regulations pertaining to advertising - The State Highway Commission is hereby authorized to promulgate regulations...

§ 49-23-13. Bond required; amount - All persons, partnerships, corporations or other business entities engaging in...

§ 49-23-15. Removal of nonconforming advertising - Any sign, display or device lawfully erected which does not...

§ 49-23-19. Unlawful advertising - Any advertising device or outdoor advertising erected which is contrary...

§ 49-23-21. Injunctive relief - In addition to the remedies provided in Sections 49-23-1 through...

§ 49-23-23. Interpretation - Nothing in Sections 49-23-1 through 49-23-29, shall be construed to...

§ 49-23-25. Advertising in safety rest area - In order to provide information in the specific interest of...

§ 49-23-27. Agreements with the United States authorized - The State Highway Commission is hereby authorized to enter into...

§ 49-23-29. Apportionment of federal funds - Federal funds appropriated to carry out the provisions of Sections...

§ 49-23-35. Name or logo of owner of outdoor advertising to be posted upon sign if owner is not the landowner - There shall be posted upon every outdoor advertising sign, display...

Chapter 25 - Junkyards

§ 49-25-1. Short title - This chapter may be cited as the "Junkyard Control Law."

§ 49-25-3. Purposes of chapter - For the purpose of promoting the public safety, health, welfare,...

§ 49-25-5. Definitions - The term "junk" shall mean old or scrap copper, brass,...

§ 49-25-7. Prohibited operations; exceptions - No person shall establish, operate, or maintain a junkyard, any...

§ 49-25-9. Junkyards lawfully in existence - Any junkyard lawfully in existence on June 16, 1966, which...

§ 49-25-11. Regulatory authority - The State Highway Commission shall have the authority to promulgate...

§ 49-25-13. Authority to acquire interest in land in removal and screening of junkyards - When the State Highway Commission determines that the topography of...

§ 49-25-15. Nonconforming junkyards; limitation upon continued existence - Any junkyard lawfully in existence on June 16, 1966, which...

§ 49-25-17. Enforcement provision - Any person, partnership or corporation that seeks to establish, or...

§ 49-25-19. Interpretation - Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to abrogate or...

§ 49-25-21. Agreements with United States authorized - The State Highway Commission is hereby authorized to enter into...

§ 49-25-23. Apportionment of federal funds - Federal funds appropriated to carry out the provisions of this...

Chapter 26 - Channel Maintenance Act

§ 49-26-1. Short title - This chapter shall be known and may be cited as...

§ 49-26-3. Legislative findings and declarations - The Legislature finds that channel maintenance is necessary to preserve...

§ 49-26-7. Identification and pursuit of federal funding alternatives - The department shall identify federal funding mechanisms which could be...

Chapter 27 - Coastal Wetlands Protection Act

§ 49-27-1. Title and citation of chapter - This chapter is to be known as the "Coastal Wetlands...

§ 49-27-3. Public policy declared - It is declared to be the public policy of this...

§ 49-27-5. Definitions - "Coastal wetlands" means all publicly-owned lands subject to the ebb...

§ 49-27-6. Marinas; classification - For purposes of this chapter, the following terms shall have...

§ 49-27-7. Chapter inapplicable to certain activities, areas and entities; exempt activities, areas and entities to adhere to declared public policy; exempt entities to notify commission of activities - This chapter shall not apply to the following activities, areas...

§ 49-27-13. Application; copy may be mailed to parties - The commission may cause a copy of any application to...

§ 49-27-17. Application; notice to parties prior to date set for hearing; effect of failure to comply with section - The following parties shall be notified of a hearing by...

§ 49-27-19. Application; appearance at hearing by person filing objection; applicant's burden of proof and right to hearing - Any person who files a written objection pursuant to Section...

§ 49-27-21. Public inspection of evidence, applications and related documents; record and transcription of oral testimony - Documentary evidence offered at hearings and all applications and related...

§ 49-27-23. Commission authorized to grant, issue, reissue, modify, deny, suspend, revoke, limit, or condition permits; expressed public policy to be considered in connection with permits; acquisition of permits; resolution of conflicts - The commission may grant, issue, reissue, modify, deny, suspend or...

§ 49-27-27. Permits to dredge new channels; considerations and restrictions - In considering permits to dredge new channels by applicants under...

§ 49-27-29. Conditions or limitations may be imposed on grant or modification of permit - In granting or modifying any permit, the commission may impose...

§ 49-27-31. Performance bond may be required - The commission may require a performance bond in an amount...

§ 49-27-33. Suspension or revocation of permit after notice and hearing - The commission, after reasonable notice in writing to the holder...

§ 49-27-35. Findings, reasons and descriptions to be recorded by council - The commission shall state, upon its record, its findings and...

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Mississippi Code Title 49 - Conservation and Ecology

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Title 49 - Conservation and Ecology