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Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 53 - OIL, GAS, AND OTHER MINERALS (§§ 53-1-1 — 53-11-33) › Chapter 11 - MISSISSIPPI GEOLOGIC SEQUESTRATION OF CARBON DIOXIDE ACT (§§ 53-11-1 — 53-11-33) › Section 53-11-31 - Appeal to chancery court

Any interested person, as defined in this section, adversely affected by any provision or section of this chapter within the jurisdiction of the board or by any rule, regulation or order made by the board thereunder, or by any act done or threatened thereunder, may obtain court review and seek relief by appeal to the Chancery Court of the First Judicial District of Hinds County, Mississippi, or the chancery court of the county in which the land involved, or any part thereof, is situated. The term "interested person" means all mineral and royalty owners, mineral lessees, if any, and the owners of surface on which injection or reinjection wells and other surface equipment connected with a geologic sequestration facility is or will be situated. Any interested party may appeal to the chancery court of the county in which the land involved or any part thereof is situated, if appeal is demanded within thirty (30) days from the date that the rule, regulation or order of the board is filed for record in the office of the board.
The appeal may be taken by filing notice of the appeal with the board, whereupon the board shall, under its certificate, transmit to the court appealed to all documents and papers on file in the matter, together with a transcript of the record, which documents and papers together with said transcript of the record shall be transmitted to the clerk of the chancery court of the county to which the appeal is taken.
Except as otherwise provided in this section, the appeal otherwise shall be made in accordance with the provisions of Sections
53-1-39
and
53-1-41
.
Laws, 2011, ch. 437, § 16, eff. 3/23/2011.
Amended by Laws, 2022, ch. 369, HB 1214,§ 5, eff. 7/1/2022.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 53 - OIL, GAS, AND OTHER MINERALS (§§ 53-1-1 — 53-11-33) › Chapter 11 - MISSISSIPPI GEOLOGIC SEQUESTRATION OF CARBON DIOXIDE ACT (§§ 53-11-1 — 53-11-33) › Section 53-11-33 - No effect upon enhanced oil or gas recovery operations

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this chapter, nothing in this chapter shall prevent an enhanced oil or gas recovery project utilizing injection of carbon dioxide as approved by the board under Section
53-1-17
or require compliance with all or part of this chapter by any enhanced oil or gas recovery project that is not a geologic sequestration facility. An operator of an enhanced oil or gas recovery project utilizing injection of carbon dioxide may request that the board approve such a project as a geologic sequestration facility under this chapter or that the board determine that injection activities constitute the sequestration of carbon dioxide, but nothing in this chapter shall require that such a request be made. No provision of this chapter shall affect or govern any aspect of an enhanced oil or gas recovery project utilizing injection of carbon dioxide unless and until the operator of such project has requested that a particular project be approved by the board as a geologic sequestration facility and the board has granted that request.
Laws, 2011, ch. 437, § 17, eff. 3/23/2011.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 55 - PARKS AND RECREATION (§§ 55-1-1 — 55-25-15) › Chapter 1 - MISSISSIPPI RECREATIONAL ADVISORY COUNCIL [Repealed] (§ 55-1-1) › Section 55-1-1 - through 55-1-9 - [Repealed]

Repealed by Laws, 1981, ch. 312, § 1 eff. 3/2/1981.
Codes, 1942, §§ 5974-101, 102, 108-110; Laws 1966, ch. 282, §§ 1, 2, 8-10.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 55 - PARKS AND RECREATION (§§ 55-1-1 — 55-25-15) › Chapter 3 - STATE PARKS AND FORESTS (§§ 55-3-1 — 55-3-105) › IN GENERAL (§§ 55-3-1 — 55-3-23) › Section 55-3-1 - Gifts of land for state forests and parks

The governor of the state is authorized to accept gifts of land to the state, not to exceed ten percent (10%) of the area of any county, to be held, protected, and administered by the State Forestry Commission as state forests and parks and to be used to demonstrate their practical utility for reforestation and as breeding places for wild game, and he is authorized to accept gifts of land to be used and administered by the commission as state parks. Such gifts must be absolute, except for the reservation of any or all mineral rights, and in no case shall exceed ten percent (10%) of the area of any county wherein such lands may be situated. The Attorney General is directed to see that all deeds to the state are properly executed and that the titles thereto are free and clear of all encumbrances before the gift is accepted. When any donation exceeding six hundred acres is made, the name of the donor or any name he may suggest, on the approval of the commission shall be given such donation as the designation of such forest or park.
Codes, 1930, § 6166; 1942, § 6024; Laws, 1926, ch. 161.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 55 - PARKS AND RECREATION (§§ 55-1-1 — 55-25-15) › Chapter 3 - STATE PARKS AND FORESTS (§§ 55-3-1 — 55-3-105) › IN GENERAL (§§ 55-3-1 — 55-3-23) › Section 55-3-2 - Definitions

For purposes of Chapter 3, Title 55, Mississippi Code of 1972, the following words shall have the meanings ascribed herein unless the context otherwise requires:
(a)
"Commission" means the Mississippi Commission on Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks.
(b)
"Department" means the Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks.
(c)
"Executive director" means the Executive Director of the Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks.
Laws, 2000, ch. 516, § 100, eff. 4/30/2000.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 55 - PARKS AND RECREATION (§§ 55-1-1 — 55-25-15) › Chapter 3 - STATE PARKS AND FORESTS (§§ 55-3-1 — 55-3-105) › IN GENERAL (§§ 55-3-1 — 55-3-23) › Section 55-3-3 - Reconveyance to donor, heirs, etc., of unused lands donated to state

(1)
Where any land has been donated to the state and a deed thereof has been accepted by the governor, for the purpose of establishing thereon state forests and parks in accordance with the provisions of Section
55-3-1
, and the state forestry commissioner certifies in writing to the secretary of state that the land has not been used as a part of any state forest or park for a period of time not less than five (5) years from the date of conveyance of said land, the secretary of state is authorized and empowered, in his discretion, with the approval of the governor to reconvey the land to the donor, his heirs, representatives or assigns.
(2)
The price to be paid by the donor, his heirs, representatives or assigns, upon the reconveyance of said land shall be sufficient to cover the nominal consideration paid by the state for the land originally, if there be any such consideration, together with the cost of any improvements placed by the state or any agency thereof upon the land, and any sums of money expended in caring for and maintaining the land or any other expense incurred by the state or any agency thereof in connection therewith.
(3)
The deed from the state to the donor, his heirs, representatives or assigns, shall state the true consideration therefor, and where made in good faith by all parties, shall convey the entire right, title and interest of the state therein.
(4)
Any such deed from the state to the donor, his heirs, representatives or assigns, shall be recorded at the expense of the donor, his heirs, representatives or assigns, in the office of the chancery clerk of the county in which the land is located, and a failure to so record the deed shall render the same void.
Codes, 1942, § 6024.5; Laws, 1952, ch. 194, §§ 1-4; Laws, 1978, ch. 458, § 25, eff. 1/1/1980.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 55 - PARKS AND RECREATION (§§ 55-1-1 — 55-25-15) › Chapter 3 - STATE PARKS AND FORESTS (§§ 55-3-1 — 55-3-105) › IN GENERAL (§§ 55-3-1 — 55-3-23) › Section 55-3-5 - Survey of state land

The department is authorized to survey, or cause to be surveyed, all areas of land owned by the state for the purpose of determining the adaptability of such areas for use as state parks, state forests and/or game and fish preserves to be developed for the control of stream flow and erosion, recreation, game and fish refuges or preserves, forest preserves, and for other similar uses.
Codes, 1942, § 6033; Laws, 1934, ch. 153; Laws, 1987, ch. 371, § 1; Laws, 2000, ch. 516, § 101, eff. 4/30/2000.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 55 - PARKS AND RECREATION (§§ 55-1-1 — 55-25-15) › Chapter 3 - STATE PARKS AND FORESTS (§§ 55-3-1 — 55-3-105) › IN GENERAL (§§ 55-3-1 — 55-3-23) › Section 55-3-7 - Transfer and dedication of lands for use as state forests, parks, etc

The commission shall investigate and determine whether or not the public interests may be served by the utilization of any lands owned by the State of Mississippi, for state forests, parks, game and fish preserves, recreation centers, and for other public purposes, and the findings of the commission shall be submitted to the board of supervisors of the county wherein such lands lie. Thereupon the clerk of the board of supervisors shall post, or cause to be posted, in three (3) public places in said county, one (1) of which shall be the courthouse of said county, a notice setting out the findings of the commission and describing the lands involved and reciting that a hearing will be had before said board at its first regular meeting held after the expiration of twenty-one (21) days from the date of posting such notice, and that at such meeting any objections to the proposed transfer and dedication will be heard. Furthermore, the chancery clerk shall send by registered mail, with a return receipt requested, a copy of such notice to each person shown by the assessment rolls to have been the owner or of any of the lands concerned should such lands have been sold for taxes. However, any irregularity in the giving of such notice, either by posting or by mail, shall not invalidate any transfer or dedication made. After such hearing, the board of supervisors shall spread its findings upon its minutes, and if the transfer and dedication be approved, a certified copy of such findings shall be forwarded to the commission. The commission upon receipt of such resolution shall forward the same, together with its findings as to the description of such transfer and dedication, to the Governor. If he finds that the board of supervisors of the county wherein such lands lie has approved such transfer and dedication, he may, in his discretion, set aside and dedicate any lands owned by the state for such purposes above mentioned. After the Governor has proclaimed, set aside and dedicated any lands for such purposes, the same shall not thereafter be sold. However, no lands forfeited to the state for nonpayment of taxes thereon shall be so transferred and dedicated until after the expiration of eighteen (18) months after the date of maturity of such tax titles in the state.
Codes, 1942, § 6034; Laws, 1934, ch. 153; Laws, 1987, ch. 371, § 2; Laws, 2000, ch. 516, § 102, eff. 4/30/2000.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 55 - PARKS AND RECREATION (§§ 55-1-1 — 55-25-15) › Chapter 3 - STATE PARKS AND FORESTS (§§ 55-3-1 — 55-3-105) › IN GENERAL (§§ 55-3-1 — 55-3-23) › Section 55-3-9 - Exchange of lands by state and private landowner

If in the opinion of the commission, it is necessary to consolidate state lands for more economical administration as state parks and state forests, the Secretary of State, by and with the approval of the Governor, is authorized to exchange with individuals or corporations any state lands for other lands owned by individuals or corporations. The owner of such private lands shall make application for such exchange. In event such exchange is applied for, the Secretary of State is authorized to issue a patent, as provided by the existing statutes, to any landowner, upon the execution and delivery by the landowner of a deed conveying to the state land of equivalent value.
Codes, 1942, § 6035; Laws, 1934, ch. 153; Laws, 1987, ch. 371, § 3; Laws, 2000, ch. 516, § 103, eff. 4/30/2000.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 55 - PARKS AND RECREATION (§§ 55-1-1 — 55-25-15) › Chapter 3 - STATE PARKS AND FORESTS (§§ 55-3-1 — 55-3-105) › IN GENERAL (§§ 55-3-1 — 55-3-23) › Section 55-3-11 - Control and management of lands

The State Forestry Commission shall have the control and management of any and all forests or public parks set aside and dedicated as provided for in Section
55-3-7
, and shall have authority to issue grazing or farming permits or leases on said parks, and to make sales of timber and other forest products of the soil from same. The Mississippi Commission on Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks shall have the control and management of any and all lands set aside and dedicated for a fish and game refuge and/or preserve. The State Forestry Commission and the Mississippi Commission on Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks shall cooperate in the utilization of any lands so dedicated both for forestry and game and fish conservation purposes.
In the case of state forests and/or state parks the State Forestry Commission, and, in the case of fish and game preserves, the Mississippi Commission on Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks, is hereby vested with authority to institute proceedings against trespassers and others in the name of the State of Mississippi, and to do all things necessary and proper to obtain the most complete and advantageous developments of state forests, parks, and fish and game preserves.
Codes, 1942, § 6036; Laws, 1934, ch. 153; Laws, 2000, ch. 516, § 104, eff. 4/30/2000.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 55 - PARKS AND RECREATION (§§ 55-1-1 — 55-25-15) › Chapter 3 - STATE PARKS AND FORESTS (§§ 55-3-1 — 55-3-105) › IN GENERAL (§§ 55-3-1 — 55-3-23) › Section 55-3-13 - Purchase or condemnation by counties of lands to be given to state; source of funds

The board of supervisors of any county in the state is hereby authorized and empowered to purchase or acquire by eminent domain land to be conveyed to the state for state parks, forests and other purposes, as herein provided, and, for that purpose, is authorized and empowered to set aside, appropriate and expend moneys from the general fund. Said board shall have the authority to borrow money to make any such purchases of lands, in anticipation of the collection of taxes for the payment thereof. However, no lands occupied as a bona fide homestead shall be subjected to such power of eminent domain.
Codes, 1942, § 6037; Laws, 1934, ch. 153; Laws, 1935, ch. 54; Laws, 1986, ch. 400, § 40, eff. 10/1/1986.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 55 - PARKS AND RECREATION (§§ 55-1-1 — 55-25-15) › Chapter 3 - STATE PARKS AND FORESTS (§§ 55-3-1 — 55-3-105) › IN GENERAL (§§ 55-3-1 — 55-3-23) › Section 55-3-15 - Disposition of revenues

Seventy-five percent (75%) of the gross revenue derived from state forests shall be paid into the State Treasury to the credit of the general fund. Twenty-five percent (25%) derived from state forests shall be paid into the school fund of the county from which the revenue is derived, payment being made to the county as compensation for possible loss of revenue. Seventy-five percent (75%) of the gross revenue derived from fish and game refuges and/or preserves created and established by the Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks in conjunction with the commission created in Section
55-3-5
shall be paid to the fisheries and wildlife fund of the state to be expended as other funds of the Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks are expended, and twenty-five percent (25%) of such gross revenue shall be paid into the school fund of the county from which the revenue is derived.
Codes, 1942, § 6038; Laws, 1934, ch. 153; Laws, 1982, ch. 365, § 11; Laws, 1995, ch. 438, § 1, eff. 7/1/1995.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 55 - PARKS AND RECREATION (§§ 55-1-1 — 55-25-15) › Chapter 3 - STATE PARKS AND FORESTS (§§ 55-3-1 — 55-3-105) › IN GENERAL (§§ 55-3-1 — 55-3-23) › Section 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
.
Codes, 1942, § 6040; Laws, 1934, ch. 232.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 55 - PARKS AND RECREATION (§§ 55-1-1 — 55-25-15) › Chapter 3 - STATE PARKS AND FORESTS (§§ 55-3-1 — 55-3-105) › IN GENERAL (§§ 55-3-1 — 55-3-23) › Section 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.
Codes, 1942, § 6045; Laws, 1938, Ex. ch. 37; Laws, 2000, ch. 516, § 105, eff. 4/30/2000.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 55 - PARKS AND RECREATION (§§ 55-1-1 — 55-25-15) › Chapter 3 - STATE PARKS AND FORESTS (§§ 55-3-1 — 55-3-105) › IN GENERAL (§§ 55-3-1 — 55-3-23) › Section 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.
Laws, 1985, ch. 430; Laws, 1993, ch 622, § 2, eff. 4/12/1993.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 55 - PARKS AND RECREATION (§§ 55-1-1 — 55-25-15) › Chapter 3 - STATE PARKS AND FORESTS (§§ 55-3-1 — 55-3-105) › IN GENERAL (§§ 55-3-1 — 55-3-23) › Section 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.
Laws, 1955, ch. 253; Laws, 1993, ch 622, § 1, eff. 4/12/1993.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 55 - PARKS AND RECREATION (§§ 55-1-1 — 55-25-15) › Chapter 3 - STATE PARKS AND FORESTS (§§ 55-3-1 — 55-3-105) › POWERS AND DUTIES OF MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFE, FISHERIES AND PARKS (§§ 55-3-31 — 55-3-87) › Section 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

(1)
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.
(2)
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.
Codes, 1942, § 5958-01; Laws, 1971, ch. 492, § 1; Laws, 1978, ch. 484, § 41; Laws, 1989, ch. 544, § 122, eff. 7/1/1989.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 55 - PARKS AND RECREATION (§§ 55-1-1 — 55-25-15) › Chapter 3 - STATE PARKS AND FORESTS (§§ 55-3-1 — 55-3-105) › POWERS AND DUTIES OF MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFE, FISHERIES AND PARKS (§§ 55-3-31 — 55-3-87) › Section 55-3-35 - through 55-3-39 - [Repealed]

Repealed by Laws, 1978, ch. 484, § 42, eff. 7/1/1979.
§ 55-3-35. [Codes, 1942, § 5958-03; Laws, 1971, ch. 492, § 3] § 55-3-37. [Codes, 1942, § 5958-05; Laws, 1971, ch. 492, § 5] § 55-3-39. [Codes, 1942, §§ 5958-03, 5958-04; Laws, 1971, ch. 492, §§ 3, 4]
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 55 - PARKS AND RECREATION (§§ 55-1-1 — 55-25-15) › Chapter 3 - STATE PARKS AND FORESTS (§§ 55-3-1 — 55-3-105) › POWERS AND DUTIES OF MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFE, FISHERIES AND PARKS (§§ 55-3-31 — 55-3-87) › Section 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.
Codes, 1942, § 5958-01; Laws, 1971, ch. 492, § 1; Laws, 1974, ch. 462; Laws, 1984, ch. 488, § 236; Laws, 1992, ch. 435 § 1, eff. 5/4/1992.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 55 - PARKS AND RECREATION (§§ 55-1-1 — 55-25-15) › Chapter 3 - STATE PARKS AND FORESTS (§§ 55-3-1 — 55-3-105) › POWERS AND DUTIES OF MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFE, FISHERIES AND PARKS (§§ 55-3-31 — 55-3-87) › Section 55-3-43 - [Repealed]

Repealed by Laws, 1983, ch. 469, § 10, eff. 7/1/1983.
Codes, 1942, § 5958-03; Laws, 1971, ch. 492, § 3.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 55 - PARKS AND RECREATION (§§ 55-1-1 — 55-25-15) › Chapter 3 - STATE PARKS AND FORESTS (§§ 55-3-1 — 55-3-105) › POWERS AND DUTIES OF MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFE, FISHERIES AND PARKS (§§ 55-3-31 — 55-3-87) › Section 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.
Codes, 1942, § 5958-08; Laws, 1971, ch. 492, § 8; Laws, 2000, ch. 516, § 106, eff. 4/30/2000.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 55 - PARKS AND RECREATION (§§ 55-1-1 — 55-25-15) › Chapter 3 - STATE PARKS AND FORESTS (§§ 55-3-1 — 55-3-105) › POWERS AND DUTIES OF MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFE, FISHERIES AND PARKS (§§ 55-3-31 — 55-3-87) › Section 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.
Codes, 1942, § 5958-06; Laws, 1971, ch. 492, § 6; Laws, 2000, ch. 516, § 107, eff. 4/30/2000.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 55 - PARKS AND RECREATION (§§ 55-1-1 — 55-25-15) › Chapter 3 - STATE PARKS AND FORESTS (§§ 55-3-1 — 55-3-105) › POWERS AND DUTIES OF MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFE, FISHERIES AND PARKS (§§ 55-3-31 — 55-3-87) › Section 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.
Codes, 1942, § 5958-07; Laws, 1971, ch. 492, § 7; Laws, 2000, ch. 516, § 108, eff. 4/30/2000.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 55 - PARKS AND RECREATION (§§ 55-1-1 — 55-25-15) › Chapter 3 - STATE PARKS AND FORESTS (§§ 55-3-1 — 55-3-105) › POWERS AND DUTIES OF MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFE, FISHERIES AND PARKS (§§ 55-3-31 — 55-3-87) › Section 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.
Laws, 2004, ch. 349, § 1, eff. 7/1/2004.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 55 - PARKS AND RECREATION (§§ 55-1-1 — 55-25-15) › Chapter 3 - STATE PARKS AND FORESTS (§§ 55-3-1 — 55-3-105) › POWERS AND DUTIES OF MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFE, FISHERIES AND PARKS (§§ 55-3-31 — 55-3-87) › Section 55-3-55 - [Repealed]

Repealed by Laws, 1978, ch. 484, § 42, eff. 7/1/1979.
Codes, 1942, § 5957-07; Laws, 1964, ch. 240, § 7.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 55 - PARKS AND RECREATION (§§ 55-1-1 — 55-25-15) › Chapter 3 - STATE PARKS AND FORESTS (§§ 55-3-1 — 55-3-105) › POWERS AND DUTIES OF MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFE, FISHERIES AND PARKS (§§ 55-3-31 — 55-3-87) › Section 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.
Codes, 1942, § 5957-08; Laws, 1964, ch. 240, § 8; Laws, 2000, ch. 516, § 109, eff. 4/30/2000.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 55 - PARKS AND RECREATION (§§ 55-1-1 — 55-25-15) › Chapter 3 - STATE PARKS AND FORESTS (§§ 55-3-1 — 55-3-105) › POWERS AND DUTIES OF MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFE, FISHERIES AND PARKS (§§ 55-3-31 — 55-3-87) › Section 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.
Codes, 1942, § 5957-09; Laws, 1964, ch. 240, § 9; Laws, 2000, ch. 516, § 110, eff. 4/30/2000.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 55 - PARKS AND RECREATION (§§ 55-1-1 — 55-25-15) › Chapter 3 - STATE PARKS AND FORESTS (§§ 55-3-1 — 55-3-105) › POWERS AND DUTIES OF MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFE, FISHERIES AND PARKS (§§ 55-3-31 — 55-3-87) › Section 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.
Codes, 1942, § 5957-10; Laws, 1964, ch. 240, § 10; Laws, 1974, ch. 331; Laws, 1986, ch. 400, § 42; Laws, 1989, ch. 544, § 126; Laws, 1998, ch. 435, § 1, eff. 7/1/1998.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 55 - PARKS AND RECREATION (§§ 55-1-1 — 55-25-15) › Chapter 3 - STATE PARKS AND FORESTS (§§ 55-3-1 — 55-3-105) › POWERS AND DUTIES OF MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFE, FISHERIES AND PARKS (§§ 55-3-31 — 55-3-87) › Section 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:
(a)
On Sardis Lake in Panola County, Mississippi;
(b)
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
(c)
On Enid Lake in Yalobusha County, Mississippi.
Codes, 1942, §§ 5957-11, 5957-13; Laws, 1964, ch. 240, §§ 11, 13; Laws, 2000, ch. 516, § 111, eff. 4/30/2000.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 55 - PARKS AND RECREATION (§§ 55-1-1 — 55-25-15) › Chapter 3 - STATE PARKS AND FORESTS (§§ 55-3-1 — 55-3-105) › POWERS AND DUTIES OF MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFE, FISHERIES AND PARKS (§§ 55-3-31 — 55-3-87) › Section 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.
Codes, 1942, § 5957-14; Laws, 1964, ch. 240, § 14; Laws, 2000, ch. 516, § 112, eff. 4/30/2000.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 55 - PARKS AND RECREATION (§§ 55-1-1 — 55-25-15) › Chapter 3 - STATE PARKS AND FORESTS (§§ 55-3-1 — 55-3-105) › POWERS AND DUTIES OF MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFE, FISHERIES AND PARKS (§§ 55-3-31 — 55-3-87) › Section 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.
Codes, 1942, § 5957-11; Laws, 1964, ch. 240, § 11; Laws, 2000, ch. 516, § 113, eff. 4/30/2000.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 55 - PARKS AND RECREATION (§§ 55-1-1 — 55-25-15) › Chapter 3 - STATE PARKS AND FORESTS (§§ 55-3-1 — 55-3-105) › POWERS AND DUTIES OF MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFE, FISHERIES AND PARKS (§§ 55-3-31 — 55-3-87) › Section 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.
Codes, 1942, § 5974-102; Laws, 1966, ch. 282, § 2; Laws, 1988, ch. 518, § 25; Laws, 2000, ch. 516, § 114, eff. 4/30/2000.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 55 - PARKS AND RECREATION (§§ 55-1-1 — 55-25-15) › Chapter 3 - STATE PARKS AND FORESTS (§§ 55-3-1 — 55-3-105) › POWERS AND DUTIES OF MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFE, FISHERIES AND PARKS (§§ 55-3-31 — 55-3-87) › Section 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.
Codes, 1942, § 5974-103; Laws, 1966, ch. 282, § 3; Laws, 2000, ch. 516, § 115, eff. 4/30/2000.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 55 - PARKS AND RECREATION (§§ 55-1-1 — 55-25-15) › Chapter 3 - STATE PARKS AND FORESTS (§§ 55-3-1 — 55-3-105) › POWERS AND DUTIES OF MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFE, FISHERIES AND PARKS (§§ 55-3-31 — 55-3-87) › Section 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.
Codes, 1942, § 5974-104; Laws, 1966, ch. 282, § 4; Laws, 2000, ch. 516, § 116, eff. 4/30/2000.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 55 - PARKS AND RECREATION (§§ 55-1-1 — 55-25-15) › Chapter 3 - STATE PARKS AND FORESTS (§§ 55-3-1 — 55-3-105) › POWERS AND DUTIES OF MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFE, FISHERIES AND PARKS (§§ 55-3-31 — 55-3-87) › Section 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.
Codes, 1942, § 5974-105; Laws, 1966, ch. 282, § 5; Laws, 2000, ch. 516, § 117, eff. 4/30/2000.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 55 - PARKS AND RECREATION (§§ 55-1-1 — 55-25-15) › Chapter 3 - STATE PARKS AND FORESTS (§§ 55-3-1 — 55-3-105) › POWERS AND DUTIES OF MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFE, FISHERIES AND PARKS (§§ 55-3-31 — 55-3-87) › Section 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.
Codes, 1942, § 5974-106; Laws, 1966, ch. 282, § 6; Laws, 2000, ch. 516, § 118, eff. 4/30/2000.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 55 - PARKS AND RECREATION (§§ 55-1-1 — 55-25-15) › Chapter 3 - STATE PARKS AND FORESTS (§§ 55-3-1 — 55-3-105) › POWERS AND DUTIES OF MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFE, FISHERIES AND PARKS (§§ 55-3-31 — 55-3-87) › Section 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.
Codes, 1942, § 5974-107; Laws, 1966, ch. 282, § 7; Laws, 2000, ch. 516, § 119, eff. 4/30/2000.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 55 - PARKS AND RECREATION (§§ 55-1-1 — 55-25-15) › Chapter 3 - STATE PARKS AND FORESTS (§§ 55-3-1 — 55-3-105) › POWERS AND DUTIES OF MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFE, FISHERIES AND PARKS (§§ 55-3-31 — 55-3-87) › Section 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.
Codes, 1942, § 5974-108; Laws, 1966, ch. 282, § 8, eff. 6/16/1966.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 55 - PARKS AND RECREATION (§§ 55-1-1 — 55-25-15) › Chapter 3 - STATE PARKS AND FORESTS (§§ 55-3-1 — 55-3-105) › POWERS AND DUTIES OF MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFE, FISHERIES AND PARKS (§§ 55-3-31 — 55-3-87) › Section 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.
Laws, 1979, ch. 446; Laws, 1989, ch. 544, § 127, eff. 7/1/1989.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 55 - PARKS AND RECREATION (§§ 55-1-1 — 55-25-15) › Chapter 3 - STATE PARKS AND FORESTS (§§ 55-3-1 — 55-3-105) › POWERS AND DUTIES OF MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFE, FISHERIES AND PARKS (§§ 55-3-31 — 55-3-87) › Section 55-3-85 - Natchez State Park renamed the Bob M. Dearing Natchez State Park

The Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks is hereby directed to change the name of the Natchez State Park to the "Bob M. Dearing Natchez State Park."
Any reference in any laws of the State of Mississippi to the Natchez State Park shall be deemed to mean the Bob M. Dearing Natchez State Park.
Added by Laws, 2021, ch. 321, SB 2075,§ 1, eff. 7/1/2021.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 55 - PARKS AND RECREATION (§§ 55-1-1 — 55-25-15) › Chapter 3 - STATE PARKS AND FORESTS (§§ 55-3-1 — 55-3-105) › POWERS AND DUTIES OF MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFE, FISHERIES AND PARKS (§§ 55-3-31 — 55-3-87) › Section 55-3-87 - [Free admission to state parks for eligible foster parent, staff of eligible child agency, and eligible children]

(1)
As used in this section, the following terms shall have the meaning ascribed in this subsection, unless context of use clearly requires otherwise:
(a)
"Department" means the Mississippi Department of Child Protection Services.
(b)
"Eligible foster parent" means an individual licensed by the Mississippi Department of Child Protection Services to operate a foster home to provide residential care to a child in the department's custody.
(c)
"Eligible child agency" means a child-placing agency or a residential child-caring agency licensed by the Mississippi Department of Child Protection Services as set forth in Section
43-15-107
.
(d)
"State Park" shall mean any land operated by the Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks for the purpose of providing outdoor recreational activities and enjoyment for the citizens of the State of Mississippi and for the purpose of attracting visitors to the state.
(2)
An eligible foster parent, including his or her spouse, foster children, biological children or any other member of his or her direct household, or the staff of an eligible child agency together with the children placed with the agency, as applicable, shall be allowed free admission to any state park in this state upon showing the appropriate license/certificate issued by the department.
Added by Laws, 2024, ch. 381, SB 2244,§ 2, eff. 7/1/2024.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 55 - PARKS AND RECREATION (§§ 55-1-1 — 55-25-15) › Chapter 3 - STATE PARKS AND FORESTS (§§ 55-3-1 — 55-3-105) › CLOSING OF STATE PARKS (§§ 55-3-101 — 55-3-105) › Section 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.
Codes, 1942, § 5963.6; Laws, 1958, ch. 194, §§ 1-6.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 55 - PARKS AND RECREATION (§§ 55-1-1 — 55-25-15) › Chapter 3 - STATE PARKS AND FORESTS (§§ 55-3-1 — 55-3-105) › CLOSING OF STATE PARKS (§§ 55-3-101 — 55-3-105) › Section 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.
Codes, 1942, § 5963.6; Laws, 1958, ch. 194, §§ 1-6.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 55 - PARKS AND RECREATION (§§ 55-1-1 — 55-25-15) › Chapter 3 - STATE PARKS AND FORESTS (§§ 55-3-1 — 55-3-105) › CLOSING OF STATE PARKS (§§ 55-3-101 — 55-3-105) › Section 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.
Codes, 1942, § 5963.6; Laws, 1958, ch. 194, §§ 1-6.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 55 - PARKS AND RECREATION (§§ 55-1-1 — 55-25-15) › Chapter 5 - FEDERAL PARKS AND NATIONAL PARKWAYS (§§ 55-5-1 — 55-5-103) › IN GENERAL (§§ 55-5-1 — 55-5-17) › Section 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.
Codes, 1942, § 5974; Laws, 1935, ch. 52.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 55 - PARKS AND RECREATION (§§ 55-1-1 — 55-25-15) › Chapter 5 - FEDERAL PARKS AND NATIONAL PARKWAYS (§§ 55-5-1 — 55-5-103) › IN GENERAL (§§ 55-5-1 — 55-5-17) › Section 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.
Codes, 1942, § 5973; Laws, 1935, ch. 52.