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MS Code § 49-5-14 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 49 - Conservation and Ecology|Chapter 5 - Fish, Game and Bird Protection and Refuges|In General|§ 49-5-14. Fox preserve or refuge; contracts with private landowners in Yalobusha or Grenada counties

 In addition to the powers and duties now conferred upon the Commission on Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks, the commission may, in its discretion, establish the land in Yalobusha County or Grenada County necessary and requisite for the construction and maintenance thereon of a fox preserve or refuge. The commission also may enter into contracts with private landowners for the purpose of designating certain portions of land in Yalobusha County and Grenada County as a fox preserve or refuge.
MS Code § 49-5-15 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 49 - Conservation and Ecology|Chapter 5 - Fish, Game and Bird Protection and Refuges|In General|§ 49-5-15. Contracts with counties for joint support and maintenance of projects or refuges

 The commission may contract with any county or counties in which such a game and fish management project or game and fish hunting and fishing refuge may be located or any municipality located in such county, for the joint support and maintenance thereof so that the cost of acquisition, construction and maintenance of such project may be borne jointly by such agencies. The commission may use any revenues from the sale of timber, mineral leases on such land, any donations made to such a project by any agency of the federal government or the State of Mississippi or fees collected for permits granted for hunting and fishing thereon toward financing same.
MS Code § 49-5-16 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 49 - Conservation and Ecology|Chapter 5 - Fish, Game and Bird Protection and Refuges|In General|§ 49-5-16. Construction of lodges

 The commission may enter into agreements with counties in which game and fish wildlife management areas are located, and to accept monies from the counties, the federal government, or from any other sources, for the construction and operation of lodges on lands owned by the commission. The lodges shall be controlled and operated by the commission.
MS Code § 49-5-17 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 49 - Conservation and Ecology|Chapter 5 - Fish, Game and Bird Protection and Refuges|In General|§ 49-5-17. Issuance and retirement of bonds

 Bonds may be issued by any municipality or county as now authorized by Section 55-9-1 to secure funds to purchase the required lands and to construct game and fish management projects, all of which shall be done under the direction of the commission. Such bonds shall be retired by the proceeds of ad valorem taxes levied by such counties and municipalities, and the commission may pledge to the payment of such bonds any funds accruing to it under this chapter.
MS Code § 49-5-19 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 49 - Conservation and Ecology|Chapter 5 - Fish, Game and Bird Protection and Refuges|In General|§ 49-5-19. Posting of refuges

 Notices or sign boards not less than one (1) foot square, warning all persons against hunting, trapping, or fishing, or trespassing thereon for that purpose, shall be conspicuously posted by the executive director, or under his direction, close to and along the entire boundary of any refuge, sanctuary, rest ground, lake or stream, or portion thereof, closed to hunting or fishing by order of the commission, in such number as the executive director may deem necessary.   No order of the commission closing any area to hunting, trapping or fishing shall become effective until such order has been published in the manner required by Section 49-1-45 and copy of the order, certified by the secretary of the commission, shall be filed in the office of the sheriff of the county or counties in which such closed area is located.   No person shall take or destroy any animal, bird, or fish, or bird's nest or egg, or eggs or spawn of fish in any refuge, sanctuary, rest ground, or other area closed to hunting, trapping or fishing by order of the commission, but it shall be lawful for a duly accredited employee of the state or of the federal government to take predatory animals or birds on any such closed area.
MS Code § 49-5-21 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 49 - Conservation and Ecology|Chapter 5 - Fish, Game and Bird Protection and Refuges|In General|§ 49-5-21. Fisheries and Wildlife Fund created; annual budget requests to Legislature

  The department shall transfer all funds under its control into a special fund in the State Treasury to be segregated and known as the "Fisheries and Wildlife Fund," which fund can only be expended as authorized by the Legislature for the purposes for which the department was created. All funds derived from the sale of licenses, fees, fines and other revenues received by the department as provided by law, shall be deposited in the Fisheries and Wildlife Fund. The interest obtained thereon from any investment or deposit made pursuant to Section 27-105-33, Mississippi Code of 1972, shall be credited by the State Treasurer to the Fisheries and Wildlife Fund and shall not be paid into the General Fund of Mississippi.   The department may expend such sums as are authorized by the Legislature from the Fisheries and Wildlife Fund for paying salaries of its employees, operating and maintaining equipment and for any other purpose the department is authorized to expend funds by law, which amount shall be available for expenditure.  The money herein authorized shall be paid by the State Treasurer out of the Fisheries and Wildlife Fund on warrants issued by the Executive Director of the Department of Finance and Administration upon requisition signed by the Executive Director of the Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks.    The department shall prepare and submit annually to the Legislature a budget for its proposed operation. The budget required shall reflect all anticipated revenues from all sources, including all grants and matching funds, together with all proposed expenditures. The budget shall be prepared in the same manner as is now required of other departments of this state. The department shall be subject to budgetary control and audit in the same manner as is provided by law for other departments and agencies. Nothing in this section shall be construed as requiring legislative appropriation of such Fisheries and Wildlife Fund, but it is intended that expenditure of such funds shall be under authority of the budget approved as herein provided and as authorized by the Legislature.
MS Code § 49-5-23 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 49 - Conservation and Ecology|Chapter 5 - Fish, Game and Bird Protection and Refuges|In General|§ 49-5-23. Federal regulatory authority; cooperative agreements with United States

 Consent is hereby given to the making by the Congress of the United States, or under its authority, of all such rules and regulations as the federal government shall determine to be needful in respect to game animals, game and nongame birds, and fish on such lands in the State of Mississippi as shall have been, or may hereafter be, purchased by the United States under the terms of the act of Congress of March 1, 1911, entitled "An Act to Enable Any State to Cooperate With Any Other State or With the United States for the Protection of the Watersheds of Navigable Streams and to Appoint a Commission for the Acquisition of Lands for the Purpose of Conserving the Navigability of Navigable Rivers," and acts of Congress supplementary thereto and amendatory thereof, and in or on the waters thereof.   The executive director shall have the right and authority to enter into a cooperative agreement with the United States government, or with the proper authorities thereof, for the protection and management of the wildlife resources of the national forest lands within the State of Mississippi and for the restocking of the same with desirable species of game, birds, and other animals, and fish.
MS Code § 49-5-25 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 49 - Conservation and Ecology|Chapter 5 - Fish, Game and Bird Protection and Refuges|In General|§ 49-5-25. Wildlife restoration

 The State of Mississippi hereby assents to the provisions of the Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act of 1937 (Public Law No. 415, 75th Congress, 1st Session), and the Dingell-Johnson Sport Fish Restoration Act of 1950 (Public Laws 681, 81st Congress), and the commission may perform any acts as may be necessary to ensure the conservation of fish and wildlife. Revenue from hunting and fishing license sales shall be under the exclusive control of the state fish and wildlife agency for the sole use of the administration of the state fish and wildlife agency, which includes only the functions required to manage the agency and the fish and wildlife-related resources for which the agency has authority under state law.
MS Code § 49-5-29 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 49 - Conservation and Ecology|Chapter 5 - Fish, Game and Bird Protection and Refuges|In General|§ 49-5-29. Federal migratory bird refuges

 Consent of the State of Mississippi is hereby given to the acquisition by the United States by purchase, lease or gift of such land in Mississippi as in the opinion of the federal government and the governor of the state may be needed for the establishment of national migratory bird refuges in this region. The state shall retain a concurrent jurisdiction with the United States in and over such lands, reserving to the state in a ceded territory full civil and criminal jurisdiction concurrently with the federal government in all violations of the state and federal laws so that civil process in all cases and such criminal process as may issue under the authority of the state against a person charged with the commission of any crime, without or within such jurisdiction, may be executed thereon in like manner as before the passage of this section. Power is hereby conferred on Congress to pass such laws as it may deem necessary to the acquisition as herein provided for incorporation in said national migratory bird refuges of such forest covered or cutover lands lying in Mississippi as, in the opinion of the federal government, may be needed. The power is hereby conferred upon Congress to pass such laws and to make or provide for the making of such rules of both civil and criminal nature, and providing punishment for violation thereof, as in its judgment may be necessary for the management, control, or protection of such land as may from time to time be acquired by the United States under the provisions of this section.
MS Code § 49-5-31 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 49 - Conservation and Ecology|Chapter 5 - Fish, Game and Bird Protection and Refuges|In General|§ 49-5-31. Federal acts

 The federal conservation acts for the protection of game and fish and applicable regulations are hereby made a part of this chapter.
MS Code § 49-5-33 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 49 - Conservation and Ecology|Chapter 5 - Fish, Game and Bird Protection and Refuges|In General|§ 49-5-33. Authority of United States Commissioner of fishieries

 The United States Commissioner of Fisheries and his duly authorized agents are hereby accorded the right to carry on fish-cultural activities and all operations connected therewith in any manner and at such times as may by such commissioner, or his agents, be considered necessary and proper.
MS Code § 49-5-35 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 49 - Conservation and Ecology|Chapter 5 - Fish, Game and Bird Protection and Refuges|In General|§ 49-5-35. Biological survey

 The department is authorized to cooperate with the United States Bureau of Biological Survey in the taking, killing and destruction of predatory animals within the state that are destructive to game birds, animals and livestock. The department may pay its proportionate share of the salary and expenses of the designated representative of the Bureau of Biological Survey out of any funds to the credit of the Fisheries and Wildlife Fund for the purpose of carrying out this section.
MS Code § 49-5-37 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 49 - Conservation and Ecology|Chapter 5 - Fish, Game and Bird Protection and Refuges|In General|§ 49-5-37. Appropriation to eradicate rabies among foxes

 The sum of Twenty-five Thousand Dollars ($25,000.00), or so much thereof as may be necessary is hereby appropriated out of any money in the treasury of the department, for the purpose of eradicating rabies among foxes in any county in the State of Mississippi, when the Board of Health or the commission determines that the disease is prevalent in any county or district.
MS Code § 49-5-39 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 49 - Conservation and Ecology|Chapter 5 - Fish, Game and Bird Protection and Refuges|In General|§ 49-5-39. Fines and penalties

  For every violation of Section 49-5-5 the person so offending shall be punished by a fine of not less than One Hundred Fifty Dollars ($150.00) or more than Three Hundred Dollars ($300.00), and by imprisonment in the county jail not less than ten (10) days or more than thirty (30) days. For every subsequent violation of Section 49-5-5, the person so offending shall be punished by a fine of not less than Three Hundred Dollars ($300.00) or more than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00), and by imprisonment in the county jail not less than ten (10) days or more than thirty (30) days, which sentence shall be served and not suspended. No person convicted of violating the above section shall for two (2) years thereafter be allowed to hunt or receive license to hunt for birds or game in the county of his conviction and in the management area within which the refuge, sanctuary or preserve is located. No person convicted of any subsequent violation of the above section shall for two (2) years thereafter be allowed to hunt or receive a license to hunt for birds or game in the State of Mississippi.   Any person trespassing on any game or fish refuge in any game or fish management area shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and punished by a fine of not less than One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) nor more than Two Hundred Fifty Dollars ($250.00) and imprisonment in the county jail of not more than thirty (30) days.   Unless a different or other penalty or punishment is specially prescribed, a person who violates any of the provisions of this chapter or any law or regulation for the protection of wild animals, birds or fish, or who fails to perform any duty imposed by such laws or regulations, or who violates or fails to comply with any lawful order, rule or regulation adopted by the commission is guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be fined not less than Twenty-five Dollars ($25.00) nor more than One Hundred Dollars ($100.00).
MS Code § 49-5-41 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 49 - Conservation and Ecology|Chapter 5 - Fish, Game and Bird Protection and Refuges|In General|§ 49-5-41. Statute of limitations

 Section 99-1-5, Mississippi Code of 1972, shall apply to all violations of the laws or regulations relating to wild animals, birds, or fish.
MS Code § 49-5-43 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 49 - Conservation and Ecology|Chapter 5 - Fish, Game and Bird Protection and Refuges|In General|§ 49-5-43. Duties of sheriffs and other peace officers

  Any violation or attempt to violate any of the provisions of this chapter, or any law or regulation for the protection of wild animals, birds or fish, shall constitute and is hereby declared a misdemeanor. All sheriffs, deputy sheriffs, constables and peace officers of this state are hereby made ex-officio special conservation officers and it shall be their duty to aid in the enforcement of such laws or regulations.   It shall be the duty of the conservation officer, sheriff, constable and city, town and village officers within the county to arrest, with or without process, any person whom they may know or have good reason to believe is violating the provisions of Section 49-5-5 and shall take them before the proper justice of the peace or other officer to be dealt with according to law. Any private person may arrest any person violating the above section in his presence.
MS Code § 49-5-45 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 49 - Conservation and Ecology|Chapter 5 - Fish, Game and Bird Protection and Refuges|In General|§ 49-5-45. Duties of district attorneys, county attorneys and circuit judges

 It shall be the duty of each district attorney in this state and county prosecuting attorney in each county to prosecute and defend, for the state, in all courts of the county or counties in his district or county, all causes, criminal or civil, arising under the provisions of this chapter, or any law or regulation for the protection of wild animals, birds or fish, in which the state may be a party or may be interested or concerned. Circuit judges shall give the grand juries, when organized, the provisions of the laws relating to wild animals, birds and fish strictly in charge and shall urge strict inquiry into all violations thereof.
MS Code § 49-5-47 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 49 - Conservation and Ecology|Chapter 5 - Fish, Game and Bird Protection and Refuges|In General|§ 49-5-47. Corporations; how prosecuted

 In case of a violation of this chapter or any law or regulation for the protection of wild animals, birds, fish by a corporation the warrant of arrest may be read to and a true copy delivered to the president, secretary, or manager in this state, or to any general or local agent thereof in the county where the action is pending, and, upon the return of such warrant so served, the corporation shall be deemed in court and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, and any fines imposed may be collected by the execution against the property of such corporation, but this section shall not be deemed to exempt any agent or employee from prosecution.
MS Code § 49-5-49 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 49 - Conservation and Ecology|Chapter 5 - Fish, Game and Bird Protection and Refuges|In General|§ 49-5-49. Witnesses

 No person called upon to testify as a witness, by or under authority of any court, in any case brought under this chapter, or any law or regulation for the protection of wild animals, birds, or fish shall be excused or exempted from so testifying on the ground that the testimony sought might incriminate him or tend to incriminate him, whether he is called upon to give evidence or produce books, records and papers, but such person shall not thereafter be prosecuted for any offense concerning which he is so called upon to give such testimony or furnish such books, papers, or documents.
MS Code § 49-5-51 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 49 - Conservation and Ecology|Chapter 5 - Fish, Game and Bird Protection and Refuges|In General|§ 49-5-51. Disposition of fines

 All moneys collected as fines or penalties for violations of the provisions of this chapter, or any law or regulation for the protection of wild animals, birds, or fish shall be paid over by the court, justice court judge, or other office collecting or receiving the fines or penalties to the county having jurisdiction over the violations as provided by law.
MS Code § 49-5-61 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 49 - Conservation and Ecology|Chapter 5 - Fish, Game and Bird Protection and Refuges|Powers and Duties of Commission on Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks|§ 49-5-61. Transfer of powers and duties of Wildlife Heritage Committee

  The Mississippi Commission on Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks shall be the Wildlife Heritage Committee and shall exercise the duties and authority granted to such committee pursuant to Sections 49-5-69 through 49-5-98, and pursuant to any other laws of the State of Mississippi.   Wherever the term "Wildlife Heritage Committee" appears in the laws of the State of Mississippi, it shall be construed to mean the Mississippi Commission on Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks, unless the context clearly means to refer to the former Wildlife Heritage Committee.
MS Code § 49-5-69 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 49 - Conservation and Ecology|Chapter 5 - Fish, Game and Bird Protection and Refuges|Powers and Duties of Commission on Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks|§ 49-5-69. Contracts and agreements

 The commission is hereby authorized to make and execute agreements, contracts, and other instruments necessary or convenient in the exercise of the powers and functions of the committee under Sections 49-5-61 through 49-5-85, including contracts with any firm, person, corporation, governmental agency or other entity and each and any Mississippi governmental agency is hereby authorized to enter into contracts and otherwise cooperate with the committee to facilitate the purpose of Sections 49-5-61 through 49-5-85.
MS Code § 49-5-71 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 49 - Conservation and Ecology|Chapter 5 - Fish, Game and Bird Protection and Refuges|Powers and Duties of Commission on Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks|§ 49-5-71. Acquisition and disposition of real and personal property; easements and rights-of-way

  The Mississippi Commission on Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks is hereby authorized to acquire interests in real estate and personal property through purchase, donation, bequest or devise in furtherance of the purposes of Sections 49-5-61 through 49-5-85 and otherwise in accordance with the provisions of law. The commission is authorized to approve land or real estate suitable for such purposes as eligible for the income tax credit authorized under Section27-7-22.22.   Before such real estate is purchased or leased, the fair market value of such real estate shall be determined by the averaging of at least two (2) appraisals by Mississippi Certified General Appraisers. Such appraisals shall be paid for by the State of Mississippi.   The commission is hereby authorized to obtain abstracts and surveys, and to engage the services of attorneys to conduct the above described transactions. The commission is authorized to obtain title insurance on property purchased if, in the opinion of the commission, the best interests of the State of Mississippi would be served.   In order to carry out its management responsibilities over all state lands which are now or may hereafter come under its jurisdiction, the Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks is authorized to grant easements and rights-of-way over and across any part of such state lands. Such easements and rights-of-way may be granted for such consideration, and upon such terms and conditions, as the department may deem to be in the best interest of the state, consistent with the use of such lands for recreational purposes. Any easement for a utility line shall be granted for that period of time which the department deems to be in the best interest of the management of such lands.
MS Code § 49-5-73 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 49 - Conservation and Ecology|Chapter 5 - Fish, Game and Bird Protection and Refuges|Powers and Duties of Commission on Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks|§ 49-5-73. Employment of personnel

 The commission may employ fiscal consultants, engineers, attorneys, real estate counselors, appraisers and such other consultants and employees as may be required in the judgment of the commission and to fix and pay their compensation from funds available to the commission.
MS Code § 49-5-75 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 49 - Conservation and Ecology|Chapter 5 - Fish, Game and Bird Protection and Refuges|Powers and Duties of Commission on Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks|§ 49-5-75. Rules and regulations

 The commission may make such rules and regulations, inaugurate such studies and surveys and establish such programs as it may deem necessary to carry out the provisions and purposes of Sections 49-5-61 through 49-5-85.