As Amended
SEC. 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 on Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks shall establish and appoint advisory committees for the Division of Parks and Recreation and the Division of Wildlife and Fisheries. The advisory committees shall aid the Commission on Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks in formulating policies, discussing problems and considering other matters related to these divisions which are designated by the commission.
The department is designated as the single state agency to receive and expend any federal funds being received or expended by any agency transferred to the department by Chapter 484, Laws of 1978, and to receive and expend any federal funds made available for matters within the jurisdiction of the department.
The department shall be responsible for conserving, managing, developing and protecting the wildlife and fisheries resources of the State of Mississippi. The department shall coordinate all functions of state government related to wildlife and fisheries resources that are within the jurisdiction of the department.
SOURCES: Laws, 1978, ch. 484, Sec. 13; 1989, ch. 544, Sec. 115, eff from and after July 1, 1989.