49-13-3 - Definitions.

§ 49-13-3. Definitions.
 

As used in this chapter, the term: 
 

(a) "Commission" means the Mississippi Commission on Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks. 

(b) "Department" means the Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks. 

(c) "Pen-raised quail" means a quail that has been hatched from an egg laid by a quail confined in a pen or coop and has itself been wholly raised in a pen or coop by a duly licensed quail breeder holding a permit as provided by law from the Mississippi Commission on Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks. 

(d) "Quail" means all species of quail native to North America and coturnix quail. 
 

Sources: Codes, 1942, §§ 5922-02, 5922-03; Laws,  1962, ch. 185, §§ 2, 3; Laws, 1979, ch. 378, § 1; Laws, 2000, ch. 516, § 80, eff from and after passage (approved Apr. 30, 2000.)