49-9-15 - Hearings; notice; rules and regulations. - Mississippi Statutes

§ 49-9-15. Hearings; notice; rules and regulations.
 

The commission shall set hearings at such times and places, after having given thirty (30) days notice thereof by publication in some newspaper published in the State of Mississippi of general circulation within the state, at which hearings evidence shall be received in regard to the operation of boats and equipment in the taking of mussels in the fresh waters of this state. After such hearings, the commission shall issue reasonable rules and regulations in regard to same, and if the evidence so indicates, shall, in order to prevent the depletion of mussel beds and to insure the proper propagation of mussels, adopt such regulations as it deems necessary. 
 

Sources: Codes, 1942, § 5918.7; Laws,  1970, ch. 289, § 1; Laws, 1991, ch. 486, § 7, eff from and after July 1, 1991.