MISSISSIPPI STATUTES AND CODES
Chapter 3 - State Parks and Forests.
- 55-3-1 - Gifts of land for state forests and parks.
- 55-3-2 - Definitions.
- 55-3-3 - Reconveyance to donor, heirs, etc., of unused lands donated to state.
- 55-3-5 - Survey of state land.
- 55-3-7 - Transfer and dedication of lands for use as state forests, parks, etc.
- 55-3-9 - Exchange of lands by state and private landowner.
- 55-3-11 - Control and management of lands.
- 55-3-13 - Purchase or condemnation by counties of lands to be given to state; source of funds.
- 55-3-15 - Disposition of revenues.
- 55-3-17 - Transfer of lands by drainage districts.
- 55-3-19 - Exercise of power of eminent domain when federal and state governments are establishing major park and forest and game reserve.
- 55-3-21 - Kurtz State Forest.
- 55-3-23 - Maintenance of cemetery where donors of Kurtz State Forest buried.
- 55-3-31 - Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks to be Mississippi Commission on Natural Resources, Bureau of Recreation and Parks; references to Mississippi Park Commission.
- 55-3-33 - General powers and duties of department.
- 55-3-35 - through 55-3-39. Repealed.
- 55-3-41 - Mississippi Park Fund.
- 55-3-43 - Repealed.
- 55-3-45 - Local advisory committees.
- 55-3-47 - Leasing and conveyance of easements and rights-of-way; settlement of title or boundary disputes; sale or exchange of certain state park lands; disposition of revenues.
- 55-3-49 - Preventive maintenance program.
- 55-3-51 - Development of historic sites.
- 55-3-53 - Sale of timber on state park lands.
- 55-3-54 - State Parks Timber Management Endowment Fund.
- 55-3-55 - Repealed.
- 55-3-57 - Bond of employees; disposition of recovery on forfeiture of bond.
- 55-3-59 - Penalties for violations of rules and regulations.
- 55-3-61 - Appropriations and donations by county boards of supervisors for park purposes.
- 55-3-63 - Sardis Lake and Enid Lake state parks.
- 55-3-65 - State park, game management areas and wildlife refuges in Pickwick Reservoir Area.
- 55-3-67 - Samuel Dale historical monument.
- 55-3-69 - Comprehensive long-range plan for development of state outdoor recreation resources.
- 55-3-71 - Duties of executive director relating to Land and Water Conservation Fund Act.
- 55-3-73 - Agreements with United States, etc., generally; representation of state and local entities.
- 55-3-75 - Projects to be undertaken only if funds are available.
- 55-3-77 - Agreements with United States on behalf of counties, municipalities and other governmental units.
- 55-3-79 - Outdoor Recreation Fund.
- 55-3-81 - Functions and jurisdiction of state agencies unaffected by Sections 55-3-69 through 55-3-79.
- 55-3-83 - Yocona Ridge State Park renamed George Payne Cossar State Park.
- 55-3-101 - Authority of Governor to close state parks.
- 55-3-103 - Proclamation as to closure; period of closure.
- 55-3-105 - Entry upon premises of closed park.
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