MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE

1999 Regular Session

To: Conservation and Water Resources; Appropriations

By: Representative Ellington

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 49-15-307, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO AUTHORIZE THE DEPARTMENT OF MARINE RESOURCES TO PROVIDE UNIFORMS FOR PERSONNEL SUBJECT TO APPROPRIATIONS; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

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

SECTION 1. Section 49-15-307, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:

49-15-307. The department shall have the following powers and duties:

(a) To formulate the policy of the department regarding marine resources within the jurisdiction of the department;

(b) To apply for, receive and expend any federal or state funds or contributions, gifts, devises, bequests or funds from any other source;

(c) To commission or conduct studies designed to determine alternative methods of managing and conserving the marine resources of this state in a manner to insure efficiency and sustained productivity; * * *

(d) To provide gear, insignias, and otherwise equip personnel subject to the amount appropriated for such purposes; and

(e) To discharge such other duties, responsibilities and powers as are necessary to implement the provisions of this article.

SECTION 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage.