7 chapters · 195 sections in this title.
Miss. Code Ann. § 53-10-1 Findings and purposes
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(a) The Legislature finds and declares that:(i) Within the state, mining constitutes a significant aspect of the state’s economy.(ii) The Interstate Mining Compact was established in 1966 to provide a forum for states having significant mining to exchange ideas on mining technolo…
Miss. Code Ann. § 53-10-2 Membership
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(a) Pursuant to the findings of the Legislature and subject to the limitations hereinafter set forth, the State of Mississippi hereby adopts the Interstate Mining Compact as embodied in the findings and purposes set forth above, and the state through the Office of the Governor is…
Miss. Code Ann. § 53-10-3 Limitations
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(a) No provisions of the Interstate Mining Compact, nor any policies of the Interstate Mining Compact Commission, shall be construed to limit, repeal, or supersede any law of the State of Mississippi. (b) The Governor and the Legislature, or agents of either, shall have the right…
Miss. Code Ann. § 53-10-4 Expenses
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The Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality may pay annually out of funds collected from Surface Coal Mining Permit Fees, or from funds granted to the state by the federal Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement, the annual membership dues payable to the Inte…