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MS Code § 55-3-17 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 55 - Parks and Recreation|Chapter 3 - State Parks and Forests|In General|§ 55-3-17. Transfer of lands by drainage districts

 Any drainage district, acting through the drainage commissioners of said district, as organized and provided in Title 51, Chapters 27, 29, 31, of the Mississippi Code of 1972, is hereby authorized, in its discretion, to transfer to the State of Mississippi, free of any and all liens, any lands purchased by such drainage district for nonpayment of taxes. However, no such transfer shall be made except that it be stated in the deed of conveyance that the lands so transferred shall be dedicated and used by the State of Mississippi as provided in Sections 55-3-5 through 55-3-15.
MS Code § 55-3-19 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 55 - Parks and Recreation|Chapter 3 - State Parks and Forests|In General|§ 55-3-19. Exercise of power of eminent domain when federal and state governments are establishing major park and forest and game reserve

 Where the federal government and the state government or any subdivision thereof are cooperating in the establishment of a major park and forest and game reserve, and where the property owners in the territory therein involved have agreed to convey as much as fifty percent (50%) of the area required for said purposes, the State Forestry Commission, together with the Mississippi Commission on Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks or any subdivision of the state, are hereby empowered to exercise the right of eminent domain in the manner now provided by law to obtain the necessary lands needed.
MS Code § 55-3-21 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 55 - Parks and Recreation|Chapter 3 - State Parks and Forests|In General|§ 55-3-21. Kurtz State Forest

 There is hereby established in the State Treasury a revolving fund to be used by the State Forestry Commission to carry out the provisions of the will of William W. Kurtz, dated July 12, 1940, which donated one thousand seven hundred sixty (1,760) acres of forestland in Greene County to the State of Mississippi to be held, protected, administered and improved by the State Forestry Commission as a state forest. The fund shall be called the Kurtz State Forest Revolving Fund, and money for the fund shall accrue from any revenues derived from the Kurtz State Forest including, but not limited to, timber sales, hunting leases, permit fees, and stump and naval stores operations. The State Forestry Commission is authorized to expend a portion of the moneys in the fund to purchase in the name of the State of Mississippi other lands, not to exceed five hundred (500) acres, which are contiguous to or located near the lands donated by the Kurtz will, for the purpose of expanding the Kurtz State Forest. The State Forestry Commission also may expend moneys in the fund for the purposes described in Section 55-3-23. The State Treasurer shall invest all moneys in the fund, and interest earned on the investments shall be paid back into the fund and not into the General Fund. The fund shall be audited annually by the State Auditor.
MS Code § 55-3-23 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 55 - Parks and Recreation|Chapter 3 - State Parks and Forests|In General|§ 55-3-23. Maintenance of cemetery where donors of Kurtz State Forest buried

 The Mississippi Forestry Commission is authorized, annually, to pay to the State Line Cemetery Association, out of the proceeds and receipts derived from timber sales in the Kurtz State Forest, an amount not to exceed Two Hundred Dollars ($200.00) for the upkeep of the cemetery in which W. W. Kurtz and wife, the donors of Kurtz State Forest, are buried.
MS Code § 55-3-31 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 55 - Parks and Recreation|Chapter 3 - State Parks and Forests|Powers and Duties of Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks|§ 55-3-31. Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks to be Mississippi Commission on Natural Resources, Bureau of Recreation and Parks; references to Mississippi Park Commission

  The Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks shall be the Mississippi Commission on Natural Resources, Bureau of Recreation and Parks, and shall retain all powers and duties granted by law to the Department of Natural Resources, Bureau of Recreation and Parks, and wherever the term Department of Natural Resources, Bureau of Recreation and Parks, appears in any law it shall mean the Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks.   The words "Mississippi Park Commission," wherever they may appear in the laws of the State of Mississippi, shall be construed to mean the Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks.
MS Code § 55-3-41 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 55 - Parks and Recreation|Chapter 3 - State Parks and Forests|Powers and Duties of Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks|§ 55-3-41. Mississippi Park Fund

 A fund to be known as "Mississippi Park Fund" is hereby established in the State Treasury, and all funds held in the "Mississippi Park System Fund" shall be transferred thereto.   Funds collected by the department shall be deposited in the State Treasury to the credit of the fund. The interest from the Mississippi Park Fund earned from any investment or deposit made pursuant to Section 27-105-33, Mississippi Code of 1972, shall be credited to the Mississippi Park Fund by the treasurer. Expenditures shall be made from the fund upon requisition signed by the executive director, or by a person whom the executive director may designate and the State Fiscal Officer shall issue his warrant on the State Treasury payable out of the Mississippi Park Fund. All funds in the Mississippi Park Fund shall be expended only pursuant to appropriation approved by the Legislature and as provided by law.
MS Code § 55-3-45 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 55 - Parks and Recreation|Chapter 3 - State Parks and Forests|Powers and Duties of Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks|§ 55-3-45. Local advisory committees

 The commission may appoint for each state park a local advisory committee to furnish counsel and advice to the executive director and to park personnel concerning the operation and development of said park. The committee is to serve without pay.
MS Code § 55-3-49 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 55 - Parks and Recreation|Chapter 3 - State Parks and Forests|Powers and Duties of Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks|§ 55-3-49. Preventive maintenance program

 The department through its executive director, shall inaugurate a positive program of preventive maintenance for all parks under its jurisdiction.
MS Code § 55-3-51 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 55 - Parks and Recreation|Chapter 3 - State Parks and Forests|Powers and Duties of Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks|§ 55-3-51. Development of historic sites

 The department shall give due and careful attention to the proper development of historical sites designated within its jurisdiction. However, the department shall not accept for its supervision, control, responsibility or jurisdiction any historic sites hereafter offered to it without prior legislative approval.
MS Code § 55-3-54 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 55 - Parks and Recreation|Chapter 3 - State Parks and Forests|Powers and Duties of Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks|§ 55-3-54. State Parks Timber Management Endowment Fund

 There is created in the State Treasury a special fund to be known as the "State Parks Timber Management Endowment Fund." The fund shall consist of all monies required to be deposited therein under the provisions of Section 55-3-53. The principal of the fund shall remain inviolate and shall be invested as provided by law. Interest and income derived from investment of the principal of the fund may be expended by the Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks, upon appropriation by the Legislature, only for the purpose of constructing, reconstructing, repairing, renovating or making improvements to real and personal property and facilities on any of the state parks under the jurisdiction and control of the Commission on Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks. Unexpended amounts remaining in the fund at the end of a fiscal year shall not lapse into the State General Fund, and any interest earned on amounts in the fund shall be deposited to the credit of the fund.
MS Code § 55-3-57 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 55 - Parks and Recreation|Chapter 3 - State Parks and Forests|Powers and Duties of Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks|§ 55-3-57. Bond of employees; disposition of recovery on forfeiture of bond

 Each employee of the department, when required by resolution of a majority of the commission, shall give a bond for the faithful performance of his duties as an employee of the commission, which bond shall be made payable to the State of Mississippi and shall be in the penal sum of One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00). In case of forfeiture of any bond provided for herein, and recovery on same, the amount received shall go to the department, to be used by it in furtherance of the management and development of the state parks.
MS Code § 55-3-59 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 55 - Parks and Recreation|Chapter 3 - State Parks and Forests|Powers and Duties of Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks|§ 55-3-59. Penalties for violations of rules and regulations

 Any person violating any of the rules and regulations promulgated by the commission is guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction, shall be liable to a fine of not less than Five Dollars ($5.00) nor more than One Hundred Dollars ($100.00), or be subject to imprisonment for not less than ten (10) days nor more than thirty (30) days, or shall be liable to both such fine and imprisonment in the discretion of the court.
MS Code § 55-3-61 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 55 - Parks and Recreation|Chapter 3 - State Parks and Forests|Powers and Duties of Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks|§ 55-3-61. Appropriations and donations by county boards of supervisors for park purposes

 The board of supervisors of any county where a state park is located may, in its discretion, appropriate and donate to the Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks yearly a sum not to exceed Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00) out of the general county fund for the establishment, maintenance and support of the state park within that county. All money appropriated and donated by the board of supervisors shall be used for the establishment, maintenance and support of the state park within such county and for no other purpose.   The board of supervisors of any county lying wholly within a levee district, and having two (2) judicial districts, bordering on the Mississippi River and wherein Highway 61 and Highway 8 intersect, is authorized, in its discretion, to expend funds from the general fund of the county for the establishment, maintenance and support of a state park within that county to be located upon lands situated adjacent to the Mississippi River and lying west of the mainline Mississippi River levee within that county. In addition, the board is authorized, in its discretion, to expend county or supervisors district road maintenance and construction funds for the construction and maintenance of roads leading to and across the lands upon which the park is to be located.
MS Code § 55-3-63 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 55 - Parks and Recreation|Chapter 3 - State Parks and Forests|Powers and Duties of Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks|§ 55-3-63. Sardis Lake and Enid Lake state parks

 There are hereby authorized to be established state parks to be under the jurisdiction of the department, on land to be provided for this purpose by the United States:   On Sardis Lake in Panola County, Mississippi;   On Sardis Lake in Lafayette County, Mississippi, reasonably close and accessible to the University of Mississippi near the Sardis Dam Reservoir on the south side of Sardis Lake; and   On Enid Lake in Yalobusha County, Mississippi.
MS Code § 55-3-65 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 55 - Parks and Recreation|Chapter 3 - State Parks and Forests|Powers and Duties of Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks|§ 55-3-65. State park, game management areas and wildlife refuges in Pickwick Reservoir Area

 The Governor of the State of Mississippi is hereby authorized to enter into an indenture and agreement with the Tennessee Valley Authority as the agent of the United States of America whereby the State of Mississippi will acquire certain lands located in Tishomingo County, Mississippi, in the Pickwick Reservoir Area for use as a state park or parks, game management areas, and/or wildlife refuges. The department is hereby authorized and empowered to establish, maintain and operate a state park or parks, game management areas, and/or wildlife refuges on said lands thus acquired.   The department is authorized to build a lodge or lodges, cabins, boating, recreational, camping, and any and all other facilities suitable or convenient for the purpose of establishing such a state park or parks, game management areas, and/or wildlife refuges not to be limited by the enumeration of purposes above. All state and local agencies of government are authorized to assist and cooperate with the commission for the purposes of this section.
MS Code § 55-3-67 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 55 - Parks and Recreation|Chapter 3 - State Parks and Forests|Powers and Duties of Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks|§ 55-3-67. Samuel Dale historical monument

 There is hereby authorized to be established an historical monument near Meridian, Mississippi, in Lauderdale County, at the burial site of Samuel Dale, which area shall be under the jurisdiction of the department.
MS Code § 55-3-69 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 55 - Parks and Recreation|Chapter 3 - State Parks and Forests|Powers and Duties of Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks|§ 55-3-69. Comprehensive long-range plan for development of state outdoor recreation resources

 The commission, in cooperation with the University Research Center, is authorized and directed to supervise the preparation, maintenance and upgrading of a comprehensive long-range statewide plan for the development of outdoor recreation resources of the state, which plan will be prepared by the staff of the commission.
MS Code § 55-3-71 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 55 - Parks and Recreation|Chapter 3 - State Parks and Forests|Powers and Duties of Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks|§ 55-3-71. Duties of executive director relating to Land and Water Conservation Fund Act

 The executive director is designated as the authorized representative of the State of Mississippi under the federal Land and Water Conservation Fund Act, and the executive director is hereby directed to utilize the plan specified in Section 55-3-69 in carrying out the authority vested in said office, it being the intention that any action taken by the authorized representative be pursuant to and in compliance with said plan.
MS Code § 55-3-73 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 55 - Parks and Recreation|Chapter 3 - State Parks and Forests|Powers and Duties of Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks|§ 55-3-73. Agreements with United States, etc., generally; representation of state and local entities

 The commission may enter into contracts and agreements with the United States or any appropriate agency thereof, keep financial records and other records relating thereto, and furnish to appropriate officials and agencies of the United States such reports and information as may be reasonable and necessary to enable such appropriate officials of the United States government and agencies thereof to perform their duties under such federal programs. In connection with obtaining for the State of Mississippi the benefits of any such program, the department shall coordinate its activities with and represent the interest of all agencies and departments of the state and of the municipal, county and other governmental units and subdivisions of the State of Mississippi having interest in the planning, development and maintenance of outdoor recreation resources and facilities within the state.
MS Code § 55-3-75 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 55 - Parks and Recreation|Chapter 3 - State Parks and Forests|Powers and Duties of Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks|§ 55-3-75. Projects to be undertaken only if funds are available

 Projects may be undertaken only after the department has determined that sufficient funds are available for meeting the state's share of project costs.
MS Code § 55-3-77 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 55 - Parks and Recreation|Chapter 3 - State Parks and Forests|Powers and Duties of Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks|§ 55-3-77. Agreements with United States on behalf of counties, municipalities and other governmental units

 The commission may enter into and administer agreements with the United States or any appropriate agency thereof for the planning, acquisition, or development of projects involving participating federal aid funds on behalf of any county, municipality or other governmental unit, provided that such county, municipality or other governmental unit gives necessary assurances to the department that it has available sufficient funds to meet its share of the cost of the project and that the acquired or developed areas will be operated and maintained at its expense for public outdoor recreation use.
MS Code § 55-3-79 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 55 - Parks and Recreation|Chapter 3 - State Parks and Forests|Powers and Duties of Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks|§ 55-3-79. Outdoor Recreation Fund

 There is hereby created a Mississippi Outdoor Recreation Fund. Any federal funds received under Sections 55-3-69 through 55-3-77 shall be deposited in the State Treasury and credited to the Mississippi Outdoor Recreation Fund for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of said sections. The funds in this account shall be disbursed by the department in the usual manner that state funds are disbursed.
MS Code § 55-3-81 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 55 - Parks and Recreation|Chapter 3 - State Parks and Forests|Powers and Duties of Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks|§ 55-3-81. Functions and jurisdiction of state agencies unaffected by Sections 55-3-69 through 55-3-79

 Nothing in Sections 55-3-69 through 55-3-79 shall be construed as attempting to substitute, transfer or supersede the proper constitutional or statutory function or jurisdiction of any state agency or head thereof by any other state agency.
MS Code § 55-3-83 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 55 - Parks and Recreation|Chapter 3 - State Parks and Forests|Powers and Duties of Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks|§ 55-3-83. Yocona Ridge State Park renamed George Payne Cossar State Park

 The Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks is hereby directed to change the name of the Yocona Ridge State Park to the "George Payne Cossar State Park."   Any reference in any laws of the State of Mississippi to the Yocona Ridge State Park shall be deemed to mean the George Payne Cossar State Park.
MS Code § 55-3-101 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 55 - Parks and Recreation|Chapter 3 - State Parks and Forests|Closing of State Parks|§ 55-3-101. Authority of Governor to close state parks

 As supplemental to and in addition to all other power and authority which may now be vested in the Governor of the State of Mississippi by the constitution or statutes, or both, or any power or authority which may be vested in him by common law as Governor, as such, the Governor of the State of Mississippi is hereby vested with the authority to close any or all state parks in the State of Mississippi when, in his discretion, he determines such closure would be to the best interest of the county or counties in which any state park or parks may be situated, or whenever he so determines such to be to the best interest of the State of Mississippi. The said Governor, as such, is also vested with such supplemental and additional authority to close any or all state parks in the State of Mississippi when, in his discretion, he determines such closure will promote or preserve the public peace, order or tranquility of the county or counties in which such park or parks may be situated, or that such closure will promote or preserve the public peace, order or tranquility in and of the State of Mississippi.   The fact that the power and authority to close any or all of the state parks may be by some other statute of the State of Mississippi now or hereafter vested in some other person or officer or commission shall not cause this section and any other such law or laws to be in conflict nor shall same be construed to be in conflict with each other. Such power and authority vested in each such commission or person or officer, as the case may be, may be exercised by each or either, independent of any other such commission of person or persons or officer or officers.
MS Code § 55-3-103 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 55 - Parks and Recreation|Chapter 3 - State Parks and Forests|Closing of State Parks|§ 55-3-103. Proclamation as to closure; period of closure

 The decision or determination to close any or all of the state parks shall be effectuated and evidenced by a proclamation of the Governor of the State of Mississippi and which shall be effective upon his execution or issuance thereof. Such park or parks closed shall remain so closed until said Governor shall execute or issue a further proclamation opening same. The use by said governor of the power vested in him by the terms of Section 55-3-101 may be exercised from time to time, as, in his discretion, he may deem necessary for any or all of the purposes specified in said section. Any proclamation of closure need not specify the period of time during which such closure shall be effective.
MS Code § 55-3-105 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 55 - Parks and Recreation|Chapter 3 - State Parks and Forests|Closing of State Parks|§ 55-3-105. Entry upon premises of closed park

 Upon the closure of any state park or parks, no person shall go or enter upon the premises thereof except with the permission or approval of said Governor. Any other person going or entering upon said premises shall be a trespasser and guilty of a misdemeanor under the laws of the State of Mississippi and, upon conviction thereof, shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars ($500.00) or imprisoned in the county jail for not more than thirty (30) days, or both so fined and imprisoned.
MS Code § 55-5-1 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 55 - Parks and Recreation|Chapter 5 - Federal Parks and National Parkways|In General|§ 55-5-1. Declaration of emergency

 The urgent need for bridges over and across the rivers and waters within and bordering this state, and the need on the part of the inhabitants of the State of Mississippi for the expenditure of such funds as may be made available by Sections 55-5-1 through 55-5-17 makes the enactment of said sections into law necessary for the immediate preservation of the public health, safety, convenience and welfare of the inhabitants of this state and requires the necessity that said sections shall take effect and be in force from and after their passage and approval.
MS Code § 55-5-3 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 55 - Parks and Recreation|Chapter 5 - Federal Parks and National Parkways|In General|§ 55-5-3. Construction

 Sections 55-5-1 through 55-5-17, being necessary for and to secure the public health, safety, convenience and welfare of municipalities, counties and other political subdivisions of the State of Mississippi, shall be liberally construed to effect the purposes thereof.