53-5-1 - Natural resources commission to assume duties and responsibilities of geological, economic and topographical survey board. - Mississippi Statutes

§ 53-5-1. Natural resources commission to assume duties and responsibilities of geological, economic and topographical survey board.
 

(1)  The Mississippi Commission on Natural Resources shall be the geological, economic and topographical survey board and shall exercise the duties and responsibilities of the geological, economic and topographical survey board through the bureau of geology and energy resources of the Mississippi Department of Natural Resources, insofar as practicable under the provisions of Chapter 2 of Title 49, Mississippi Code of 1972. 

(2)  The words "Geological, Economic and Topographical Survey Board" wherever they may appear in the laws of the State of Mississippi, shall be construed to mean the Mississippi Commission on Natural Resources. 
 

Sources: Codes, 1942, § 8954-01; Laws,  1958, ch. 477, § 1; Laws, 1978, ch. 484, § 33, eff from and after July 1, 1979.