SEC. 49-1-55. Natural Science Museum.

(1) The Mississippi Commission on Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks' Mississippi Museum of Natural Science is hereby designated as Mississippi's official State Natural Science Museum.

The museum will henceforth be named "Mississippi Museum of Natural Science, The Fannye A. Cook Memorial, a Division of the Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks."

(2) The Legislature shall annually appropriate from the General Fund a sum to defray not less than one hundred percent (100%) of the expenses of the museum.

SOURCES: Codes, 1942, Sec. 5928.5; Laws, 1971, ch. 309, Secs. 1, 2; 1977, ch. 356, eff from and after passage (approved March 14, 1977). Amended by Laws 2000, Ch. 516, Sec. 19, HB666, eff. from and after passage (approved April 30, 2000).

PREVIOUS VERSIONS: Pre-2000