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2015 Mississippi Code
Title 49 - CONSERVATION AND ECOLOGY
Chapter 15 - SEAFOOD
Article 7 - ADMINISTRATIVE HEARING PROCEDURE FOR COMMISSION ON MARINE RESOURCES
- § 49-15-401 - Purpose; commission not to seek both administrative and criminal penalties except under limited circumstances; commission to notify Department of Marine Resources of violations for administrative penalty processing
- § 49-15-403 - Complaint; executive director of department to review each complaint for reasonable grounds to indicate violation; director may recommend fine where reasonable grounds exist; violator may request informal settlement conference; request for hearing before commission
- § 49-15-405 - Hearing to be scheduled upon request of alleged violator; transcript of hearing; commission empowered to require attendance of witnesses, administer oaths, and hear testimony; subpoena power; majority vote of commission required to issue written opinion and assess penalty
- § 49-15-407 - Waiver of right to hearing
- § 49-15-409 - Jurisdiction; rules and regulations
- § 49-15-411 - Judicial review
- § 49-15-413 - Civil penalties for violations
- § 49-15-415 - Payment of penalties; sums collected paid into Seafood Fund
- § 49-15-417 - Criminal immunity for witnesses subpoenaed by commission
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