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MS Code § 49-3-15 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 49 - Conservation and Ecology|Chapter 3 - Fisheries and Wildlife Research|§ 49-3-15. Work for other organizations

 The laboratory personnel may, at their discretion, and subject to the approval of the proper administrative authorities at Mississippi State University, do research on a contract or project basis for industries, governmental agencies, public or private organizations or corporations, or any others, at a price and on a basis to be determined by the aforesaid personnel. The proceeds derived from such research projects shall be deposited to a special fund in the treasury of the state of Mississippi to be known as the "fisheries and wildlife laboratory fund," to be disbursed and used pursuant to appropriation approved by the Legislature as provided by law.
MS Code § 49-3-17 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 49 - Conservation and Ecology|Chapter 3 - Fisheries and Wildlife Research|§ 49-3-17. "Fish" defined; effect of chapter on authority of other agencies

 The word "fish" as appears in this chapter shall mean "fresh water fish". The provisions of this chapter shall not amend, repeal or diminish the authority heretofore vested in the Mississippi Commission on Marine Resources or the work and function of the Gulf Coast Research Laboratory.
MS Code § 49-4-1 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 49 - Conservation and Ecology|Chapter 4 - Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks|§ 49-4-1. Declaration of purpose

 It is hereby declared to be the intent of the Legislature to conserve, manage, develop and protect our natural resources and wildlife for the benefit of this and succeeding generations by reorganizing the natural resource and wildlife conservation functions of state government into the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality and the Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks thereby providing more effective organizations through which the methods of conserving, managing, developing and protecting our natural resources and wildlife can be analyzed, coordinated and implemented.
MS Code § 49-4-3 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 49 - Conservation and Ecology|Chapter 4 - Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks|§ 49-4-3. Definitions

 For the purposes of this chapter, the following words shall have the meanings ascribed herein, unless the context otherwise requires:   "Department" means the Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks.   "Commission" means the Mississippi Commission on Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks.   "Executive director" means the chief officer of the department.
MS Code § 49-4-6 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 49 - Conservation and Ecology|Chapter 4 - Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks|§ 49-4-6. Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks; organization of department; executive director; removal for cause; office heads; merit promotion system for certain enforcement officers

  There is hereby created the Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks, whose principal office shall be located in Jackson, Mississippi.   The department shall be headed by an executive director who shall be appointed by the Governor. The commission shall submit to the Governor three (3) qualified nominees for the position of executive director. The Governor shall appoint the executive director from the list of qualified nominees submitted with the advice and consent of the Senate. The executive director may assign those powers and duties as deemed appropriate to carry out the department's lawful functions. Upon recommendation by the Governor to the commission, the executive director may be removed from office only by both a majority vote of the membership of the commission and the Governor's approval of the removal. To remove the executive director the commission must determine on sound evidence that there is good cause for removal such as willful dereliction in carrying out the duties of executive director, obvious malfeasance in his actions as executive director or conviction of any criminal act. After the determination is made by the commission that the executive director should be removed from office, the commission shall notify the Governor of its determination and the Governor must approve that determination before the executive director is actually removed from office.   The executive director shall appoint heads, who will serve at the pleasure of the executive director.   The executive director shall have the authority to organize the department as deemed appropriate to carry out the responsibilities of the department. The organizational charts of the department shall be presented annually with the budget request of the Governor for review by the Legislature.   The executive director shall develop and implement a merit promotion system for all sworn law enforcement officers. Promotion to higher rank shall be based on an individual's merit and length of service. The executive director shall implement the merit promotion system before July 1, 1995.
MS Code § 49-4-7 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 49 - Conservation and Ecology|Chapter 4 - Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks|§ 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 shall establish and appoint advisory committees for Parks and Recreation and Wildlife and Fisheries. The advisory committees shall aid the commission in formulating policies, discussing problems and considering other matters related to these areas as designated by the commission.   The department is designated as the single state agency 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 freshwater fisheries resources of the state. The department shall coordinate all functions of state government related to wildlife and fisheries resources that are within the jurisdiction of the department.
MS Code § 49-4-8 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 49 - Conservation and Ecology|Chapter 4 - Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks|§ 49-4-8. Powers and duties of department

 The Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks shall have the following powers and duties:   To conserve, manage, develop and protect the wildlife of the State of Mississippi.   To take charge and have full jurisdiction and control over all state parks.   To cooperate with other entities and agencies in developing and implementing such plans as necessary for the conservation, protection, beautification and improvement of the quality of the environment and living natural resources.
MS Code § 49-4-9 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 49 - Conservation and Ecology|Chapter 4 - Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks|§ 49-4-9. Powers and duties of Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks

 Effective July 1, 1979, the Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks shall have the following powers and duties:   To formulate the policy of the department regarding wildlife and fisheries within the jurisdiction of the department;   To apply for, receive and expend any federal or state funds or contributions, gifts, devises, bequests or funds from any other source;   To commission or conduct studies designed to determine alternative methods of managing and conserving the wildlife and fisheries resources of this state in a manner to insure efficiency and sustained productivity;   To receive the advice and counsel of the advisory committees created for the Division of Parks and Recreation and the Division of Wildlife and Fisheries; and   To discharge such other duties, responsibilities and powers as are necessary to implement the provisions of this chapter.
MS Code § 49-4-11 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 49 - Conservation and Ecology|Chapter 4 - Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks|§ 49-4-11. Qualifications of executive director

 The executive director shall possess a combination of educational qualifications, experience and skills that clearly demonstrate the ability to manage a multifunctional agency. The minimum qualifications for the position of executive director are as follows:   A master's degree in one (1) of the management functions of the agency, wildlife or fisheries conservation, parks and recreation or related sciences or a master's degree in public or business administration and at least six (6) years' experience in a public or private organization with administrative management functions similar to those of the agency. At least three (3) of the six (6) years' experience must be in a position with administrative management responsibilities, including personnel supervision and budget management; or   A bachelor's degree in wildlife or fisheries conservation, biology, parks and recreation, forestry, agriculture or related sciences or a bachelor's degree in public or business administration and at least eight (8) years' experience in a public or private organization with administrative management functions directly related to those of the agency, with four (4) of those years in an administrative management position with personnel supervision and budget management responsibilities.
MS Code § 49-4-13 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 49 - Conservation and Ecology|Chapter 4 - Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks|§ 49-4-13. Powers and duties of executive director

 Effective July 1, 1979, the executive director of the Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks shall have the following powers and duties:   To supervise and direct all administrative and technical activities of the department;   To employ, subject to the approval of the commission, qualified professional personnel in the subject matter or fields, and such other technical and clerical staff as may be required for the operation of the department;   To coordinate all studies in the State of Mississippi concerned with the supply, development, use and conservation of wildlife, fisheries and parks;   To prepare and deliver to the Legislature and the Governor on or before January 1 of each year, and at such other times as may be required by the Legislature or Governor, a full report of the work of the department, including a detailed statement of expenditures of the department and any recommendations the department may have;   To enter into cooperative agreements with any federal or state agency or subdivision thereof, or any public or private institution located inside or outside the State of Mississippi, or any person, corporation or association in connection with studies and investigations pertaining to wildlife, fisheries and parks, provided the agreements do not have a financial cost in excess of the amounts appropriated for such purposes by the Legislature;   In his discretion, to enter into an affinity relationship with a credit card issuer and to expend funds derived therefrom to improve wildlife management areas; and   To carry out all regulations and rules adopted by the commission and enforce all licenses and permits issued by the commission.
MS Code § 49-4-19 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 49 - Conservation and Ecology|Chapter 4 - Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks|§ 49-4-19. Traveling expenses of departmental employees

 All employees of the department, when authorized by the executive director, shall be entitled to transportation, traveling and subsistence expenses while away from the office on official business of the department, in accordance with Section 25-3-41, Mississippi Code of 1972.
MS Code § 49-4-21 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 49 - Conservation and Ecology|Chapter 4 - Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks|§ 49-4-21. Attorney General as counsel to Commission and Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks

 The Attorney General shall be counsel and attorney for the commission and Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks. The Attorney General shall designate one (1) of his deputies or assistants to be counsel and attorney for the commission and the department in all actions, proceedings and hearings. The deputy or assistant so designated shall be legal advisor of the commission and the department in all matters relating to the commission and the department and to the powers and duties of its officers.
MS Code § 49-4-22 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 49 - Conservation and Ecology|Chapter 4 - Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks|§ 49-4-22. Maintaining court records and abstracts of game and fish law violations

  Every court shall keep a record of the proceedings of every case in which a person is charged with any violation of game and fish laws or regulations.   Unless otherwise sooner required by law, within forty-five (45) days after the conviction of a person upon a charge of violating any game or fish law or regulation the clerk of the court shall prepare and immediately forward to the Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks an abstract of the record of the court and the abstract must be certified by the person so authorized to prepare the same to be true and correct.   The abstract must be made upon a form approved by the Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks, and shall include the name and address of the party charged, the number of the uniform citation, the nature of the offense, the date of hearing, the plea, the judgment, and if the fine was satisfied by prepayment or appearance bond forfeiture, and the amount of the fine or forfeiture, as the case may be.   The Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks shall keep copies of all abstracts for a period of at least three (3) years at its main office and the record shall be open to public inspection during reasonable business hours.
MS Code § 49-4-31 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 49 - Conservation and Ecology|Chapter 4 - Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks|§ 49-4-31. Hunter safety officers to investigate hunting accidents; law enforcement officer authorized to request that person involved in hunting accident resulting in injury or death submit to chemical test for presence of alcohol

  Upon notification by a duly authorized law enforcement officer of a death or injury that occurred by use of a weapon by any person engaged in hunting, a hunter safety officer of the department shall immediately initiate an investigation of the incident and shall submit a report to the executive director of the department. The executive director shall submit the report to the commission. If the commission determines there is probable cause to believe that the incident occurred as a result of culpable negligence on the part of the person causing the death or injury, the commission shall notify the district attorney of the circuit court district in which the incident occurred.   A law enforcement officer may request that the person who causes serious bodily injury or death to another person by use of a weapon submit to a chemical test for determining the presence of alcohol or other drugs.
MS Code § 49-4-35 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 49 - Conservation and Ecology|Chapter 4 - Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks|§ 49-4-35. Marked and unmarked department vehicles; violations and penalties

  The Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks shall distinctively mark all vehicles used by conservation officers to enforce game and fish laws. Vehicles used for law enforcement purposes shall have the words "Law Enforcement" printed in bold letters in a color which is in contrast with the color of the vehicle, under the official insignia of the department.   The department may authorize the use of unmarked vehicles when identifying marks would hinder official investigations by the department.   Any person who knowingly and wilfully violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and is punishable as provided in Section 25-1-91, Mississippi Code of 1972.
MS Code § 49-4-37 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 49 - Conservation and Ecology|Chapter 4 - Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks|§ 49-4-37. North Mississippi fish hatchery; establishment; operation

  The Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks may establish and operate a fish hatchery in North Mississippi at a site to be determined by the department with the approval of the commission to enable the department to adequately stock public lakes and streams in North Mississippi. For such purpose, the department shall use those funds that are made available by any agency of the state or federal government, an appropriation by the Legislature or any other source. The department is designated as the governing authority of any such fish hatchery and the operation and maintenance of the fish hatchery shall meet the standards of the department and state law regarding the operation of a fish hatchery. The department may accept funds from any source and those funds shall be used to pay the maintenance, operational and administrative expenses of the fish hatchery.   The Tombigbee River Valley Water Management District is authorized to transfer to the Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks fee title of no more than eighty (80) acres of approved replacement land to be surveyed from the following tract of land:  The Northeast Quarter of the Northwest Quarter of Section 20, Township 12, Range 8, Monroe County, Mississippi, containing 40 acres more or less.   All that land in the Northeast Quarter; north of a line starting at monument stamped "LA-42A"; and running northeasterly to a monument stamped "LA-43", Section 20, Township 12, Range 8, Monroe County, Mississippi, containing 105.42 acres more or less.   The land shall be transferred once an acceptable lease agreement between the Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is secured and the department is given the authority and appropriation to construct a fish hatchery.    The Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks shall have the authority to transfer the land necessary to reach the equal value for lands offered by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for the construction of a fish hatchery.
MS Code § 49-4-39 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 49 - Conservation and Ecology|Chapter 4 - Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks|§ 49-4-39. Regulation of hunting, fishing and wildlife viewing, guide and outfitter services

 The commission may regulate hunting, fishing and wildlife viewing, guide and outfitter services. The commission shall have the following powers and duties:   Prescribe the form and type of licenses;   Establish fees for the types of licenses; the fee for guide services licenses not to exceed One Hundred Fifty Dollars ($150.00); the fee for outfitters licenses not to exceed Two Hundred Fifty Dollars ($250.00); and   To exercise all powers and make any regulations necessary to regulate such services.
MS Code § 49-4-41 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 49 - Conservation and Ecology|Chapter 4 - Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks|§ 49-4-41. Regulation of the feeding of wild animals and game birds outside of wildlife enclosures

    The Commission on Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks shall regulate the feeding of wild animals and game birds outside of wildlife enclosures and shall have plenary authority in matters related to such feeding of wild animals and game birds.   The authority to regulate feeding shall not apply to planted food plots and natural habitat management.   The authority to regulate feeding under this section shall not apply to wildlife enclosures.     The commission may take any action it deems necessary and may use its emergency powers to prevent, control or eradicate disease resulting from the feeding of wild animals and game birds.   A violation of this section or any regulation of the commission promulgated to prevent, control or eradicate disease is a Class II violation and is punishable as provided in Section 49-7-143.
MS Code § 49-6-1 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 49 - Conservation and Ecology|Chapter 6 - Motor Vehicle and Boat Replacement Program|§ 49-6-1. Definitions

 For the purposes of this chapter, the following words are defined as follows:   "Commission" means the Mississippi Commission on Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks.   "Department" means the Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks.   "Executive director" means the chief officer of the department.   "Motor vehicle" means passenger automobiles, trucks, heavy trucks, tractors, graders, other heavy motor-driven equipment, and all-terrain vehicles.
MS Code § 49-6-3 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 49 - Conservation and Ecology|Chapter 6 - Motor Vehicle and Boat Replacement Program|§ 49-6-3. Wildlife Fisheries and Parks Motor Vehicle Fund; creation; funding; administration

  There is created in the State Treasury a special fund to be known as the "Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks Motor Vehicle Fund." All funds derived from the sale of used motor vehicles, funds transferred from the "Game and Fish Protection Fund" and any other funds which may be needed for the purchase of motor vehicles, boats and outboard motors shall be deposited into this special fund. Other funds as needed may be transferred by the commission from the department's regular support appropriation. The commission may transfer funds from the motor vehicle fund to the game and fish protection fund as needed for the operation of the department. The motor vehicle fund is a special trust fund and the interest earned thereon shall be credited to the fund.   The commission shall adopt regulations for the administration of the fund. The executive director shall administer the fund and expenditures may be made from the fund upon requisition by the executive director. The department shall spend monies in the fund by an annual appropriation approved by the Legislature.
MS Code § 49-6-5 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 49 - Conservation and Ecology|Chapter 6 - Motor Vehicle and Boat Replacement Program|§ 49-6-5. Motor vehicle replacement program; standards

 The department shall establish and implement a motor vehicle replacement program to ensure the efficient and effective operation of the department. The program shall include replacement standards based on the type, operational environment and use of each motor vehicle and any other factors necessary for cost-effective determination of replacement needs.
MS Code § 49-8-1 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 49 - Conservation and Ecology|Chapter 8 - Importation, Sale and Possession of Inherently Dangerous Wild Animals|§ 49-8-1. Legislative findings and declarations

 The Legislature finds and declares that it is in the public interest to ensure the public health, safety and welfare by strictly regulating the importation, sale, transfer and possession of those wild animals inherently dangerous to humans. In addition, the Legislature finds that these wild animals may pose a threat of introducing disease that is harmful to humans and Mississippi's wildlife. The Legislature further finds and declares that wildlife inherently dangerous to humans may be possessed only as provided in this chapter. The importation, sale, transfer and possession of these wild animals are privileges that are not to be granted unless it can be clearly demonstrated that the privileges can be exercised in a manner that does not pose unnecessary risk to the citizens of this state and indigenous wildlife.
MS Code § 49-8-3 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 49 - Conservation and Ecology|Chapter 8 - Importation, Sale and Possession of Inherently Dangerous Wild Animals|§ 49-8-3. Definitions

 For purposes of this chapter:   "Commission" means the Commission on Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks.   "Department" means the Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks.   "Wild animal" means any wild animal classified as inherently dangerous to humans as provided in Section 49-8-5.