Section 59-21-111 - Assumption of duties and responsibilities of Boat and Water Safety Commission(1) The Mississippi Commission on Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks shall be the Mississippi Boat and Water Safety Commission, and shall exercise the duties and responsibilities of the Mississippi Boat and Water Safety Commission through the Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks, insofar as practicable under the provisions of Chapter 4 of Title 49, Mississippi Code of 1972; except on marine waters under the jurisdiction of the Commission on Marine Resources.(2) The Commission on Marine Resources shall exercise the duties and responsibilities of the Mississippi Boat and Water Safety Commission through the Mississippi Department of Marine Resources on the marine waters of the state. The Commission on Marine Resources shall not exercise any powers related to numbering of undocumented vessels. Those powers are vested exclusively in the Commission on Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks.Codes, 1942, § 8496-22; Laws, 1960, ch. 165, § 22; Laws, 1964, ch. 468, § 8; Laws, 1968, ch. 266, § 1; Laws, 1978, ch. 484, § 29; Laws, 1994, ch. 353, § 3; Laws, 1994, ch. 640, § 3; Laws, 1995, ch. 439, § 1; Laws, 1999, ch. 585, § 8, eff. 7/1/1999.