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Statutes > Mississippi > Title-49 > 2 > 49-2-1§ 49-2-1. Declaration of purpose.
It is hereby declared to be the intent of the Legislature to conserve, manage, develop and protect our natural resources and wildlife for the benefit of this and succeeding generations by reorganizing the natural resource and wildlife conservation functions of state government into the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality and the Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks thereby providing more effective organizations through which the methods of conserving, managing, developing and protecting our natural resources and wildlife can be analyzed, coordinated and implemented.
Sources: Laws, 1978, ch. 484, § 1; Laws, 2000, ch. 516, § 20, eff from and after passage (approved Apr. 30, 2000.)
