43-18-3 - "Appropriate public authorities" defined; powers of county departments of public welfare. - Mississippi Statutes

§ 43-18-3. "Appropriate public authorities" defined; powers of county departments of public welfare.
 

The "appropriate public authorities" as used in Article III of the Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children shall, with reference to this state, mean the state department of public welfare. Any county department of public welfare, likewise, when directed by the commissioner of the state department of public welfare shall be authorized to receive and act with reference to notices required by said Article III. 
 

Sources: Laws,  1976, ch. 428, § 3, eff from and after passage (approved May 6, 1976).