Part 20 provides the procedures for conducting administrative hearings for violations of rules, regulations and statutes within the purview of the Commission on Marine Resources (CMR) and the Department of Marine Resources (DMR). Mississippi Code Section 49-15-401 (Miss. Leg. 2005, Ch. 422) authorizes the Commission on Marine Resources to "enforce the rules and regulations of the commission and Sections 49-15-1 through 49-15-321, 49-27-1 through 49-27-71, 59-21-111, and such other statutes within the jurisdiction of the Commission on Marine Resources". The CMR is authorized in Mississippi Code Section 49-15-401, et seq., to impose administrative penalties and to develop procedures to implement the authority granted to the Commission.
22 Miss. Code. R. 20-01-100