The Commission on Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks shall be the Mississippi Commission on Wildlife Conservation and shall retain all powers and duties granted by law to the Mississippi Commission on Wildlife Conservation, and wherever the term 'Mississippi Commission on Wildlife Conservation' appears in any law the same shall mean the Commission on Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks. The Executive Director of the Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks may assign to the appropriate divisions such powers and duties as it deems appropriate to carry out the lawful duties of the department, and expend funds as lawfully appropriated.Codes, 1942, § 5841; Laws, 1932, ch. 123; Laws, 1936, ch. 193; Laws, 1944, ch. 234, § 1; Laws, 1948, ch. 255, § 1; Laws, 1952, ch. 186, § 1; Laws, 1956, ch. 147, § 1; Laws, 1958, ch. 172, § 1; Laws, 1960, ch. 163, § 1 Para.Para. (a)-(e); Laws, 1978, ch. 484, § 28; Laws, 1989, ch. 544, § 111, eff. 7/1/1989.
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