Mississippi § 17-17-217 - Environmental Protection Trust Fund.

§ 17-17-217. Environmental Protection Trust Fund.

There is created in the State Treasury a fund designated as the Environmental Protection Trust Fund, to be administered by the executive director of the department. The Commission on Environmental Quality shall promulgate rules and regulations for the administration of the fund and for a system of priorities for any related projects or programs eligible for funding from the fund. The commission may utilize any funds in the Environmental Protection Fund for defraying the costs of the Department of Environmental Quality for administering the nonhazardous waste program, including the development of the state nonhazardous solid waste management plan as authorized by law. The commission may also use the fund to accomplish the purposes of the multimedia pollution prevention program created under Section 49-31-11. Expenditures may be made from the fund upon requisition by the executive director of the department. The fund shall be treated as a special trust fund. Interest earned on the principal in the fund shall be credited by the department to the fund. The fund may receive monies from any available public or private source, including, but not limited to, collection of fees, interest, grants, taxes, public and private donations, petroleum violation escrow funds or refunds, and appropriated funds.