MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE

2005 Regular Session

To: Conservation and Water Resources

By: Representative Frierson, Read, Janus

House Bill 657

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 49-27-13, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT THE DISTRIBUTION OF WETLANDS APPLICATIONS TO LOCAL GOVERNMENTAL ENTITIES BE DISCRETIONARY RATHER THAN MANDATORY; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

     BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:

     SECTION 1.  Section 49-27-13, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:

     49-27-13.  The commission may cause a copy of any application to be mailed immediately to the following parties:

     (1)  The chief administrative officer in the municipality or municipalities where any part of the proposed activity will be located;

     (2)  The president of the board of supervisors of any county where any part of the proposed activity will be located;

     (3)  The executive director of the Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks;

     (4)  The county attorney of any county in which any part of the proposed activity will be located or in any county which may be affected by such activity;

     (5)  The district attorney of any judicial district in which any part of the proposed activity will be located or of any district which may be affected by such activity; and

     (6)  The Director of the Gulf Regional Planning Commission.

     SECTION 2.  This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2005.