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In General
§ 55-3-1. Gifts of land for state forests and parks - The governor of the state is authorized to accept gifts...
§ 55-3-2. Definitions - For purposes of Chapter 3, Title 55, Mississippi Code of...
§ 55-3-5. Survey of state land - The department is authorized to survey, or cause to be...
§ 55-3-7. Transfer and dedication of lands for use as state forests, parks, etc. - The commission shall investigate and determine whether or not the...
§ 55-3-9. Exchange of lands by state and private landowner - If in the opinion of the commission, it is necessary...
§ 55-3-11. Control and management of lands - The State Forestry Commission shall have the control and management...
§ 55-3-13. Purchase or condemnation by counties of lands to be given to state; source of funds - The board of supervisors of any county in the state...
§ 55-3-15. Disposition of revenues - Seventy-five percent (75%) of the gross revenue derived from state...
§ 55-3-17. Transfer of lands by drainage districts - Any drainage district, acting through the drainage commissioners of said...
§ 55-3-19. Exercise of power of eminent domain when federal and state governments are establishing major park and forest and game reserve - Where the federal government and the state government or any...
§ 55-3-21. Kurtz State Forest - There is hereby established in the State Treasury a revolving...
§ 55-3-23. Maintenance of cemetery where donors of Kurtz State Forest buried - The Mississippi Forestry Commission is authorized, annually, to pay to...
Powers and Duties of Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks
§ 55-3-33. General powers and duties of department - Each park shall retain from revenues generated therein, a sum...
§ 55-3-41. Mississippi Park Fund - A fund to be known as "Mississippi Park Fund" is...
§ 55-3-45. Local advisory committees - The commission may appoint for each state park a local...
§ 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 - This section shall not apply to sixteenth section school lands...
§ 55-3-49. Preventive maintenance program - The department through its executive director, shall inaugurate a positive...
§ 55-3-51. Development of historic sites - The department shall give due and careful attention to the...
§ 55-3-53. Sale of timber on state park lands - Before any such timber, trees, deadwood and stumps shall be...
§ 55-3-54. State Parks Timber Management Endowment Fund - There is created in the State Treasury a special fund...
§ 55-3-57. Bond of employees; disposition of recovery on forfeiture of bond - Each employee of the department, when required by resolution of...
§ 55-3-59. Penalties for violations of rules and regulations - Any person violating any of the rules and regulations promulgated...
§ 55-3-61. Appropriations and donations by county boards of supervisors for park purposes - The board of supervisors of any county where a state...
§ 55-3-63. Sardis Lake and Enid Lake state parks - There are hereby authorized to be established state parks to...
§ 55-3-65. State park, game management areas and wildlife refuges in Pickwick Reservoir Area - The Governor of the State of Mississippi is hereby authorized...
§ 55-3-67. Samuel Dale historical monument - There is hereby authorized to be established an historical monument...
§ 55-3-69. Comprehensive long-range plan for development of state outdoor recreation resources - The commission, in cooperation with the University Research Center, is...
§ 55-3-71. Duties of executive director relating to Land and Water Conservation Fund Act - The executive director is designated as the authorized representative of...
§ 55-3-73. Agreements with United States, etc., generally; representation of state and local entities - The commission may enter into contracts and agreements with the...
§ 55-3-75. Projects to be undertaken only if funds are available - Projects may be undertaken only after the department has determined...
§ 55-3-77. Agreements with United States on behalf of counties, municipalities and other governmental units - The commission may enter into and administer agreements with the...
§ 55-3-79. Outdoor Recreation Fund - There is hereby created a Mississippi Outdoor Recreation Fund. Any...
§ 55-3-81. Functions and jurisdiction of state agencies unaffected by Sections 55-3-69 through 55-3-79 - Nothing in Sections 55-3-69 through 55-3-79 shall be construed as...
§ 55-3-83. Yocona Ridge State Park renamed George Payne Cossar State Park - The Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks is hereby directed...
Closing of State Parks
§ 55-3-101. Authority of Governor to close state parks - As supplemental to and in addition to all other power...
§ 55-3-103. Proclamation as to closure; period of closure - The decision or determination to close any or all of...
§ 55-3-105. Entry upon premises of closed park - Upon the closure of any state park or parks, no...