Mississippi § 49-19-219 - Powers and duties of commission.

§ 49-19-219. Powers and duties of commission.

The commission shall have the following powers and duties to implement the provisions of Sections 49-19-201 through 49-19-227: To determine which approved practices shall be eligible for cost-share assistance; To establish maximum sums, subject to the provisions of Section 49-19-221, which any one (1) eligible owner may receive for implementation of an approved practice; To review periodically the costs of forest development practices and to make such adjustment as, in the discretion of the commission, is necessary in the Thirty-seven Dollars and Fifty Cents ($37.50) per acre assistance allowed in Section 49-19-221; Upon request of the forestry commission, the attorney general of the State of Mississippi shall institute proper legal proceedings to recover any or all of the cost-share assistance provided an eligible owner if the commission shall determine that the owner failed to implement any portion of or all of the practice approved by the commission for such owner and if the commission determines that legal proceedings are necessary and proper. To determine, before approving any cost-share assistance for any eligible owner that such approved practice is reasonable and is comparable to the actual cost of implementing such practice in the general area in which the land is located. Should the commission determine that the submitted cost of implementing the approved practice is not reasonable, the commission shall approve cost-share assistance in an amount which is determined by the commission to be reasonable for the implementation of the approved practice in the general area in which the land is located.