SEC. 49-5-11. Game and fish management projects or refuges; purchase of lands.

In addition to the powers and duties now conferred upon the * * * commission * * * may, in its discretion, purchase by negotiation, contract by option to purchase, provided the option is exercised within a period of ten (10) years from the time executed, the land necessary and requisite for the construction and maintenance * * * of game and fish management projects or game and fish hunting and fishing refuge.

SOURCES: Codes, 1942, Sec. 5844; Laws, 1932, ch. 123; 1946, ch. 423, Sec. 3; 1947, 1st Ex. ch. 41; 1948, ch. 255, Sec. 2; 1950, ch. 215; 1954, ch. 175, Secs. 1, 2; 1956, ch. 148; 1958, ch. 176; 1962, ch. 181, Sec. 1; 1966, ch. 261, Sec. 1; 1970, ch. 279, Sec. 1; 1973, ch. 378, Sec. 1 (s), eff from and after July 1, 1973. Amended by Laws 2000, Ch. 516, Sec. 27, HB666, eff. from and after passage (approved April 30, 2000).

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