Mississippi Code
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-17-2 (2026)
Administration and enforcement transferred to Commission on Environmental Quality and Department of Environmental Quality
✓ current as of July 2026
The administration and enforcement of the Solid Wastes Disposal Law of 1974 are hereby transferred from the State Board of Health to the Mississippi Commission on Environmental Quality and the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality. All personnel, records, property, equipment and funds allocated to the State Board of Health exclusively for the administration and enforcement of the Solid Wastes Disposal Law of 1974, as amended, are hereby transferred to and placed under the supervision and control of the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality.
Laws, 1981, ch. 528, § 1; Laws, 1991, ch. 494 § 22, eff. 4/1/1991.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2
cases, 1997–1999 · leading case: Donald v. Amoco Prod. Co., 735 So. 2d 161 (Miss. 1999).
Donald v. Amoco Prod. Co., 735 So. 2d 161 (Miss. 1999). “Sections 17-17-1 et seq. is the "Solid Wastes Disposal Law of 1974.”
Gerald Donald v. Amoco Prod. Co. (Miss. 1997). “Sections 17-17-1 et seq. is the "Solid Wastes Disposal Law of 1974.”
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