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§ 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...