§ 51-3-105. Submission of report and recommendations. [Repealed effective July 1, 2009].
(1) The council shall meet at least semiannually for the purpose of reviewing the implementation of the state water management plan and shall:
(a) Recommend any amendments necessary to update the plan; or
(b) Recommend that no amendments are necessary and the reasons supporting the determination.
The review shall be conducted as the council determines appropriate, and shall include the participation of the Department of Environmental Quality; Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks; Mississippi Development Authority; Department of Marine Resources; Department of Agriculture and Commerce; Soil and Water Conservation Commission; the State Department of Health; and the Forestry Commission. Any joint water management district or other regional organization that provides the duties of a joint water management district shall be notified and may participate in this review. Any interested person may, upon written application to the council, seek an amendment to the state water management plan. The first review of the state water management plan shall be completed by January 1, 1999.
(2) (a) Before January 1 of each year, the council shall submit to the Governor, the Commission on Environmental Quality, the Senate Environmental Protection, Conservation and Water Resources Committee and the House Conservation and Water Resources Committee, a report on the status of the state's water resources.
(b) The report may contain recommendations regarding the functions and programs of each of the agencies with water-related programs, including, but not limited to:
(i) Operations of each of these programs;
(ii) Duplications or omissions in the programs and/or missions of the agencies;
(iii) Changes in the organizational concepts, institutions, laws and management resources necessary to properly regulate and manage the state's water resources;
(iv) Methods to better coordinate activities of the various local, state and federal agencies;
(v) Activities that do not conform with the state water management plan;
(vi) Methods or ways to increase the efficiency of the state's management of its water resources; and
(vii) Other actions that should be considered to ensure the continued availability and quality of abundant surface water and groundwater necessary for the future growth and environmental enhancement of the state.
Sources: Laws, 1992, ch. 545 § 3; reenacted and amended, 1995, ch. 584, § 3, eff from and after July 1, 1995; reenacted without change, Laws, 1999, ch. 479, § 3; reenacted and amended, Laws, 2003, ch. 358, § 3; reenacted without change, Laws, 2007, ch. 541, § 3, eff from and after July 1, 2007.
§ 51-3-105. Submission of report and recommendations. [Repealed effective July 1, 2009].
(1) The council shall meet at least semiannually for the purpose of reviewing the implementation of the state water management plan and shall:
(a) Recommend any amendments necessary to update the plan; or
(b) Recommend that no amendments are necessary and the reasons supporting the determination.
The review shall be conducted as the council determines appropriate, and shall include the participation of the Department of Environmental Quality; Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks; Mississippi Development Authority; Department of Marine Resources; Department of Agriculture and Commerce; Soil and Water Conservation Commission; the State Department of Health; and the Forestry Commission. Any joint water management district or other regional organization that provides the duties of a joint water management district shall be notified and may participate in this review. Any interested person may, upon written application to the council, seek an amendment to the state water management plan. The first review of the state water management plan shall be completed by January 1, 1999.
(2) (a) Before January 1 of each year, the council shall submit to the Governor, the Commission on Environmental Quality, the Senate Environmental Protection, Conservation and Water Resources Committee and the House Conservation and Water Resources Committee, a report on the status of the state's water resources.
(b) The report may contain recommendations regarding the functions and programs of each of the agencies with water-related programs, including, but not limited to:
(i) Operations of each of these programs;
(ii) Duplications or omissions in the programs and/or missions of the agencies;
(iii) Changes in the organizational concepts, institutions, laws and management resources necessary to properly regulate and manage the state's water resources;
(iv) Methods to better coordinate activities of the various local, state and federal agencies;
(v) Activities that do not conform with the state water management plan;
(vi) Methods or ways to increase the efficiency of the state's management of its water resources; and
(vii) Other actions that should be considered to ensure the continued availability and quality of abundant surface water and groundwater necessary for the future growth and environmental enhancement of the state.
Sources: Laws, 1992, ch. 545 § 3; reenacted and amended, 1995, ch. 584, § 3, eff from and after July 1, 1995; reenacted without change, Laws, 1999, ch. 479, § 3; reenacted and amended, Laws, 2003, ch. 358, § 3; reenacted without change, Laws, 2007, ch. 541, § 3, eff from and after July 1, 2007.
§ 51-3-105. Submission of report and recommendations. [Repealed effective July 1, 2009].
(1) The council shall meet at least semiannually for the purpose of reviewing the implementation of the state water management plan and shall:
(a) Recommend any amendments necessary to update the plan; or
(b) Recommend that no amendments are necessary and the reasons supporting the determination.
The review shall be conducted as the council determines appropriate, and shall include the participation of the Department of Environmental Quality; Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks; Mississippi Development Authority; Department of Marine Resources; Department of Agriculture and Commerce; Soil and Water Conservation Commission; the State Department of Health; and the Forestry Commission. Any joint water management district or other regional organization that provides the duties of a joint water management district shall be notified and may participate in this review. Any interested person may, upon written application to the council, seek an amendment to the state water management plan. The first review of the state water management plan shall be completed by January 1, 1999.
(2) (a) Before January 1 of each year, the council shall submit to the Governor, the Commission on Environmental Quality, the Senate Environmental Protection, Conservation and Water Resources Committee and the House Conservation and Water Resources Committee, a report on the status of the state's water resources.
(b) The report may contain recommendations regarding the functions and programs of each of the agencies with water-related programs, including, but not limited to:
(i) Operations of each of these programs;
(ii) Duplications or omissions in the programs and/or missions of the agencies;
(iii) Changes in the organizational concepts, institutions, laws and management resources necessary to properly regulate and manage the state's water resources;
(iv) Methods to better coordinate activities of the various local, state and federal agencies;
(v) Activities that do not conform with the state water management plan;
(vi) Methods or ways to increase the efficiency of the state's management of its water resources; and
(vii) Other actions that should be considered to ensure the continued availability and quality of abundant surface water and groundwater necessary for the future growth and environmental enhancement of the state.
Sources: Laws, 1992, ch. 545 § 3; reenacted and amended, 1995, ch. 584, § 3, eff from and after July 1, 1995; reenacted without change, Laws, 1999, ch. 479, § 3; reenacted and amended, Laws, 2003, ch. 358, § 3; reenacted without change, Laws, 2007, ch. 541, § 3, eff from and after July 1, 2007.
