SEC. 29-7-1. Transfer of duties and responsibilities of mineral lease commission.

(1) The Mississippi Commission on Environmental Quality shall be the mineral lease commission, and shall exercise the duties and responsibilities of the mineral lease commission through the * * * Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality, insofar as practicable under the provisions of Chapter 2 of Title 49, Mississippi Code of 1972.

(2) The words "mineral lease commission," whenever they may appear in the laws of the State of Mississippi, shall be construed to mean the Mississippi Commission on Environmental Quality.

(3) The term "commission" means the Mississippi Commission on Environmental Quality.

SOURCES: Codes, 1942, Sec. 5947; Laws, 1932, ch. 114; 1936, ch. 191; 1944, ch. 239, Sec. 1; Laws, 1978, ch. 458, Sec. 23; 1978, ch. 484, Sec. 31, eff from and after July 1, 1979. Amended by Laws 2000, Ch. 516, Sec. 6, HB666, eff. from and after passage (approved April 30, 2000).

PREVIOUS VERSIONS: Pre-2000