reglab/housing_qa huggingface dataset:
MS Code § 49-1-11 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 49 - Conservation and Ecology|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 49-1-11. Public relations officer

 The director, with the advice and consent of the commission, shall appoint a qualified public relations officer whose duty it shall be to make information available to the public concerning rules, regulations, and policies of the commission, to generally make information available to the public on game and fish conservation work, and to perform such other public relations duties as may be directed by the director. His salary shall be fixed by the commission in its discretion.
MS Code § 49-1-12 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 49 - Conservation and Ecology|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 49-1-12. Wardens, game wardens, and game and fish wardens designated conservation officers; construction and effect of designation

  The term "conservation officer" means a law enforcement officer of the department.   Wherever the terms "warden," "game warden," or "game and fish warden" appear, the same shall mean conservation officer.
MS Code § 49-1-13 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 49 - Conservation and Ecology|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 49-1-13. Conservation officers

 The director is hereby authorized and directed to appoint as many conservation officers as may be required to efficiently enforce the laws for the protection of wild animals, birds and fish, and the laws relating to theft of cattle, trespass prohibitions and litter. These officers shall be located in different sections of the state where their services are most needed. Conservation officers shall police the state lands in their respective districts and prohibit the unlawful cutting of timber. The salary of the conservation officers shall be as determined by the State Personnel Board, or its successor.   Each conservation officer and supervisor shall be furnished an allowance for uniforms not to exceed the amount specified in the appropriation bill.
MS Code § 49-1-14 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 49 - Conservation and Ecology|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 49-1-14. Retiring sworn law enforcement officer employed by Commission on Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks authorized to retain side arm under certain circumstances

  Each person employed by the Commission on Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks as a sworn law enforcement officer who meets the requirements of subsection (2) of this section, and who retires for superannuation or for reason of disability under the Public Employees' Retirement System, upon his request, may be allowed by the commission to retain, as his personal property, one (1) side arm which was issued to him, during his service, provided funds are available for such purpose.   In order to be eligible to retain a side arm issued to him under subsection (1) of this section, a retiring sworn law enforcement officer employed by the commission must have attended and successfully completed the law enforcement curriculum at the Mississippi Law Enforcement Officers' Training Academy, and must be certified as a qualified law enforcement officer by the Board on Law Enforcement Officer Standards and Training.
MS Code § 49-1-15 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 49 - Conservation and Ecology|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 49-1-15. Conservation officers; appointments and qualifications

  All appointments of conservation officers shall be under rules adopted and promulgated by the commission. No person shall be appointed from and after July 1, 2001, unless he meets the following requirements:   Is at least twenty-one (21) years of age; and   Has successfully completed sixty-four (64) semester hours at an accredited community college or university or has an associate degree from an accredited community college or has passed the Law Enforcement Academy and has at least five (5) years experience in law enforcement.     Each applicant, prior to entering into performance of his duties, at the expense of the department, shall attend and complete an appropriate curriculum in the field of law enforcement at the Mississippi Law Enforcement Officers' Training Academy or other training academy whose curriculum complies with requirements of the Board on Law Enforcement Officer Standards and Training. Conservation officers shall, on a periodic basis, be required to successfully complete additional advanced courses in law enforcement in order that they will be properly improved and trained in the modern, technical advances of law enforcement.
MS Code § 49-1-19 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 49 - Conservation and Ecology|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 49-1-19. Political activity

  No member of the commission, the executive director, administrative officer, employee, supervisor or conservation officer shall be active in any manner for or on behalf of his own candidacy or the candidacy of any candidate for any public office during his term of office or employment with said department. Violation of this subsection shall constitute a Class II violation and upon conviction thereof the violator shall be punished as provided in Section 49-7-143 for each offense. A conviction shall render vacant the office or position of the violator.   While retaining the right to vote as he may please and to express privately his opinions on all political subjects, no executive director or conservation officer shall use his official authority or influence for the purpose of interfering with an election or affecting the results thereof, nor for the purpose of coercing the political action of any person or body.
MS Code § 49-1-21 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 49 - Conservation and Ecology|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 49-1-21. Fidelity bonds; oath of office

  Each member of the commission or any officer or employee of the commission handling funds of the commission shall execute and file with the proper officer a bond in the sum of Thirty Thousand Dollars ($30,000.00), with a surety company authorized to do business in the state, which bond shall be approved by the Commissioner of Insurance and conditioned upon the faithful performance of his official duties. Premiums on the bonds shall be paid by the Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks.   The executive director shall execute and file with the State Treasurer a bond in the sum of Thirty Thousand Dollars ($30,000.00) and each conservation officer shall execute and file a bond in the sum of Two Thousand Dollars ($2,000.00), conditioned upon the faithful performance of their respective duties and that they, respectively, will account for and pay over pursuant to law all state monies received by them under the laws for the protection of wild animals, birds and fish. They shall be reimbursed for the premiums on their bonds from the Fisheries and Wildlife Fund in case a surety company acts as surety on such bond.  Before entering upon the duties of his office, the Executive Director and each conservation officer of the Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks shall take and subscribe to the constitutional oath of office. Such oath or affirmation shall be filed in the office of the Secretary of State.
MS Code § 49-1-33 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 49 - Conservation and Ecology|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 49-1-33. Acquisition of lands overflowed by construction of dam

 Whenever the commission shall desire to construct or cause to be constructed any dam or similar structure in or across any lake, stream, river or other waters under its control in order to prevent or control the deterioration or drying up of such waters, and the construction of such dam or other structure could cause the level of such waters to be raised and thereby cause the land or property adjoining or adjacent to such lake, stream, river, or other waters to be overflowed, inundated or flooded, the commission shall have the power and authority to acquire, hold and own any such land or property so overflowed, inundated or flooded from the owner thereof by purchase, grant, donation, or otherwise. The commission is hereby authorized and empowered to exercise the right of eminent domain to condemn any such land or property in the manner and method now or hereafter provided by law for the exercise of such right of eminent domain by railway, telegraph and telephone companies, and/or the Mississippi Transportation Commission.
MS Code § 49-1-35 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 49 - Conservation and Ecology|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 49-1-35. Official magazine of department

  The commission may publish an official magazine concerning the activities of the department and other matters of interest to Mississippi hunters, fishermen, boaters and other outdoorsmen. The commission may set, charge and collect a fee for subscriptions and make such other rules and regulations as may be necessary for the publishing of such magazine.   For the purposes of this section, the term "publish" includes the publishing and production of the current print version of a magazine, as well as the production and distribution of a digital version of the magazine which shall be available exclusively online and/or in a mobile application.   In order to offset costs related to the print and digital versions of the magazine, and to minimize subscription costs, the Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks is authorized to sell advertisements in and on any media falling under its control, including the official magazine, the department's website and any mobile application.   The department may establish a fund to be known as the MS Outdoors Fund. The proceeds from subscriptions and sales of advertisements shall be deposited in such fund. Monies in such fund shall be deposited in an interest-bearing account in an approved state depository. Proceeds from this account, along with the interest earned on the same, for each fiscal year's magazine shall be transferred to the department's operating account to defray the publishing expenses of MS Outdoors, the digital magazine and related expenses.
MS Code § 49-1-37 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 49 - Conservation and Ecology|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 49-1-37. Power to dispose of contraband animals, birds, fish, etc.

 The edible portions of all game or fur-bearing animals, game birds, and fish seized under the provisions of this chapter or any other law for the protection of wild animals, birds, or fish, shall be disposed of by the department or under its direction to needy recipients, charitable institutions within the state and to local law enforcement agencies having facilities to prepare food for prisoners. Skins or pelts of fur-bearing animals, taken illegally, may be seized and sold by order of the department, and the funds received for same shall be paid into the Fisheries and Wildlife Fund. Nongame birds, fish and animals or parts thereof, and the plumes or skins of game birds of foreign species shall be disposed of by the department, or under its direction, by gift to scientific institutions, or, in the discretion of the department, they shall be kept by it for scientific or educational purposes, or may be destroyed. The officer disposing of any such animals, birds, fish or parts thereof, shall take a receipt from the donee for any such gift, which receipt shall be filed in the office of the department, and the department shall keep a permanent record of such gifts.
MS Code § 49-1-39 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 49 - Conservation and Ecology|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 49-1-39. Power to capture or destroy animals injurious to property

 The commission may issue permits to kill any species of animals or native, nonmigratory birds which may become injurious to agricultural or other interests in any particular community. All migratory birds, including hawks, owls, and eagles and their nests and eggs are protected by the Migratory Bird Treaty Act and federal regulations promulgated under the act. All species of blackbirds, cowbirds, starlings, crows, grackles, and English sparrows may be killed without a permit when such birds are committing or about to commit depredations on shade or ornamental trees or agricultural crops.
MS Code § 49-1-43.1 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 49 - Conservation and Ecology|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 49-1-43.1. Conservation officers not subject to criminal liability for trespass when performing official duties

  A conservation officer may enter in or upon public or private lands or waters where game or fish are known to range in the performance of his duties to enforce the wildlife laws of the state and the conservation officer shall not be subject to criminal liability for trespass while performing such duties.   The provisions of subsection (1) of this section shall not authorize a conservation officer to engage in any conduct in violation of a person's constitutional right against unreasonable searches and seizures nor expand or enlarge upon the powers and duties of a conservation officer as specifically provided for under Section 49-1-43.
MS Code § 49-1-44 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 49 - Conservation and Ecology|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 49-1-44. Powers and duties of conservation officers to apprehend certain violators

 In addition to the regulations of the commission and the statutes relating to protection and preservation of wildlife and the environment, conservation officers are hereby authorized to assist in the detection and apprehension of violators of the laws of this state which pertain to theft of cattle, to enforce and apprehend violators of the laws of this state which pertain to unauthorized dumping of garbage, obstructing streams and littering, as set forth specifically in Sections 97-15-13, 97-15-21, 97-15-23, 97-15-25, 97-15-27, 97-15-29, 97-15-31, 97-15-39, 97-15-41, 97-15-43, 97-15-45, 97-17-53, 97-17-79, 97-17-81 and 97-17-83, but not limited thereto, and in addition to any other powers and duties otherwise delegated or assigned to conservation officers.
MS Code § 49-1-45 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 49 - Conservation and Ecology|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 49-1-45. Publication of rules, regulations and orders

 Rules, regulations and orders of the commission shall be published in accordance with the "Mississippi Administrative Procedures Law."
MS Code § 49-1-47 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 49 - Conservation and Ecology|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 49-1-47. Commission may execute deeds to clear up ambiguities in conveyances to it

 The commission is hereby authorized to execute and deliver deeds or other documents to make clear any ambiguity that may exist in any deed or conveyance to it, or to make the deed or conveyance to the commission conform to the intent of the parties as to the estate or rights or easements conveyed. Such deeds or documents shall be based upon an order of the commission setting forth the facts, shall be submitted to and approved by the Attorney General and executed and delivered for the commission by the director.
MS Code § 49-1-49 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 49 - Conservation and Ecology|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 49-1-49. Cooperation with other departments

 The commission is hereby authorized to, and shall cooperate with the several state departments and officials in the conduct of matters in which the interest of the respective departments or officials overlap.
MS Code § 49-1-51 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 49 - Conservation and Ecology|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 49-1-51. Funds

 All funds collected by the department under this chapter shall be used by the commission for the purpose of carrying out all purposes of this chapter.
MS Code § 49-1-53 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 49 - Conservation and Ecology|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 49-1-53. Offices; supplies

 The department may, with any funds owned by it, purchase equipment and/or office furnishings sufficient to carry on its work; and, if the Department of Finance and Administration cannot assign suitable offices for the department in either of the state capitols, in the city of Jackson, then the Department of Finance and Administration shall rent suitable offices to properly house the department which shall then be authorized to pay such rental out of any of its funds.
MS Code § 49-1-55 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 49 - Conservation and Ecology|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 49-1-55. Natural Science Museum

  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."    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.
MS Code § 49-1-57 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 49 - Conservation and Ecology|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 49-1-57. Assent to federal program for promotion of hunter safety, principles of conservation and sportsmanship

 The State of Mississippi hereby assents to the provisions of the Act of Congress entitled, "An Act to Revise and Clarify the Federal Aid in Wildlife Restoration Act and the Federal Aid in Fish Restoration Act," approved October 23, 1970 (Public Law 91-503, 91st Congress). The department may:   Establish a hunter safety conservation and sportsmanship program;   Apply for, receive and expend funds from any source for this program; and   Discharge any other duties, responsibilities and powers as are necessary to implement the program.
MS Code § 49-1-60 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 49 - Conservation and Ecology|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 49-1-60. Insurance covering hunter safety program

  The department is hereby authorized to purchase liability insurance to cover the following:   Any officer in charge and control of an armory used for firearm instruction in the State of Mississippi, as a part of the Mississippi Hunter Safety Program;   Any Mississippi certified hunter and firearm instructor, while participating in the Mississippi Hunter Safety Program; and   Any student participating in hunter safety courses sponsored by the department's Hunter Safety Program and being taught by a hunter safety instructor certified by the department's Hunter Safety Program.     The premium for such liability insurance shall be paid from the Fisheries and Wildlife Fund.
MS Code § 49-1-65 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 49 - Conservation and Ecology|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 49-1-65. Hunter Education and Training Program Fund

 Any assessments collected under subsection (3) of Section 99-19-73 shall be deposited in a special fund hereby created in the State Treasury and designated the "Hunter Education and Training Program Fund," which shall be expended to defray the expenses of the program as authorized and appropriated by the Legislature. In addition, the Legislature shall annually appropriate from the General Fund a sum to defray the necessary expenses of the program.
MS Code § 49-3-1 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 49 - Conservation and Ecology|Chapter 3 - Fisheries and Wildlife Research|§ 49-3-1. Short title

 This chapter may be cited as the "Fisheries and Wildlife Management Law of 1970".
MS Code § 49-3-3 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 49 - Conservation and Ecology|Chapter 3 - Fisheries and Wildlife Research|§ 49-3-3. Purpose of chapter

 The Legislature hereby finds and declares:   That the economic progress of Mississippi depends in large measure upon the development and use of the natural resources of the state;   That the fish and game animals indigenous to the state constitute a vital segment of the natural resources available in Mississippi;   That Mississippi has approximately five million (5,000,000) acres of idle agricultural land in the state which are producing mainly broomsedge and brush. Much of this land is potentially excellent game range, yet it is producing almost no significant income for the landowners. These idle acres, plus seventeen million (17,000,000) acres of forest lands properly managed for game and fish products, can contribute substantially to the total economic development of Mississippi;   That there is a tremendous and ever growing need for additional knowledge of fish cultural techniques and the proper management of our environment so that not only fish and game may be increased but that Mississippi may become a more pleasant and a more prosperous state to reside in;   That this chapter is specifically designed to establish a program for the discovery and dissemination of knowledge concerning the management and proper utilization of fish and game resources in Mississippi.
MS Code § 49-3-5 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 49 - Conservation and Ecology|Chapter 3 - Fisheries and Wildlife Research|§ 49-3-5. Establishment of laboratory

 The Board of Trustees of State Institutions of Higher Learning is hereby authorized and directed to establish a fisheries and wildlife laboratory at Mississippi State University under the direction of the president and such other administrative authorities within the university as such board of trustees may determine.
MS Code § 49-3-7 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 49 - Conservation and Ecology|Chapter 3 - Fisheries and Wildlife Research|§ 49-3-7. Maintenance of laboratory

 The board of trustees of state institutions of higher learning shall provide for such laboratory such buildings, equipment, personnel, supplies and service as it shall determine to be necessary for the proper operation and maintenance of such laboratory, having due regard for the contributory facilities and programs already existing at Mississippi State University.
MS Code § 49-3-9 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 49 - Conservation and Ecology|Chapter 3 - Fisheries and Wildlife Research|§ 49-3-9. Functions

 It shall be the function of the laboratory to conduct a program of research in the culture of fish, the diagnosis and treatment of fish and game animal diseases and the physiology and nutrition of fish and game animals, and to disseminate its findings to the public and to all individuals and agencies for whom such knowledge will be helpful and useful.
MS Code § 49-3-11 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 49 - Conservation and Ecology|Chapter 3 - Fisheries and Wildlife Research|§ 49-3-11. Acceptance of gifts, grants, and contributions

 In addition to the appropriations made by the Mississippi Legislature for the operation and support of the laboratory, the board of trustees of state institutions of higher learning is authorized and empowered to receive contributions, donations, gifts and grants of money and/or property, equipment, materials or manpower from persons, foundations, trust funds, corporations, organizations, the federal government or any subdivision thereof, the state government or any subdivision thereof, to be expended by the board in carrying out the purposes and objectives of this chapter.
MS Code § 49-3-13 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 49 - Conservation and Ecology|Chapter 3 - Fisheries and Wildlife Research|§ 49-3-13. Cooperation with state agencies

 The laboratory personnel shall cooperate fully with the colleges and universities of the state, the Mississippi State Department of Agriculture and Commerce, and the Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks in an effort to fully effectuate the purpose of this chapter. All state agencies and departments are hereby authorized and directed to give the laboratory and its personnel their full cooperation in every possible manner.