Section 55-3-31 - Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks to be Mississippi Commission on Natural Resources, Bureau of Recreation and Parks; references to Mississippi Park Commission(1) The Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks shall be the Mississippi Commission on Natural Resources, Bureau of Recreation and Parks, and shall retain all powers and duties granted by law to the Department of Natural Resources, Bureau of Recreation and Parks, and wherever the term Department of Natural Resources, Bureau of Recreation and Parks, appears in any law it shall mean the Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks.(2) The words "Mississippi Park Commission," wherever they may appear in the laws of the State of Mississippi, shall be construed to mean the Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks.Codes, 1942, § 5958-01; Laws, 1971, ch. 492, § 1; Laws, 1978, ch. 484, § 41; Laws, 1989, ch. 544, § 122, eff. 7/1/1989.