49-27-65 - Evaluation of coastal wetlands; charts; education of public; overall use plan.
§ 49-27-65. Evaluation of coastal wetlands; charts; education of public; overall use plan.
(a) To implement the policy set forth in the chapter and to assist in the protection of coastal wetlands, the commission acting with the cooperation and assistance of the Gulf Regional Planning Commission and the Gulf Coast Research Laboratory shall evaluate the coastal wetlands and prepare charts at an appropriate scale showing the distribution of coastal wetlands as defined in this chapter. These charts will be provided to the offices of the chancery clerk of affected counties and to the Gulf Regional Planning Commission. The charts will be updated and reissued periodically as needed to provide a current inventory of coastal wetlands.
(b) The commission shall promote the education of the public about scientific and economic knowledge concerning coastal wetlands.
(c) In recognition of the national policy expressed in the Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972, Public Law 92-583, the commission is directed to include an overall plan for use of coastal and private wetlands in the Mississippi Coastal Zone Management Plan being prepared by the commission. The commission is further directed to identify and include in such plan specific coastal and private wetlands which should be set aside as estuarine sanctuaries.
Sources: Laws, 1973, ch. 385, § 13; Laws, 1994, ch. 578, § 48, eff from and after July 1, 1994.