(1) The Mississippi Commission on Environmental Quality shall be the Mississippi Air and Water Pollution Control Commission, and shall exercise the duties and responsibilities of the Mississippi Air and Water Pollution Control Commission through the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality.(2) The words 'Mississippi Air and Water Pollution Control Commission' wherever they may appear in the laws of the State of Mississippi shall be construed to mean the Mississippi Commission on Environmental Quality.Codes, 1942, § 7106-113; Laws, 1966, ch. 258, § 3; Laws, 1972, ch. 369, § 14; ch. 505, § 2; Laws, 1973, ch. 406, § 1; Laws, 1977, ch. 327, § 1; Laws, 1978, ch. 484, § 53; Laws, 1999, ch. 573, § 3, eff. 7/1/1999.
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