Program Source and Authority

Program Source and Authority. The Mississippi Watershed Repair and Rehabilitation Cost Share Program is administered by the Mississippi Soil and Water Conservation Commission (MSWCC) through the Soil and Water Cost Share Program. The Legislature may appropriate such funds as it may deem necessary to a special funds for the MSWCC to expend on this program. The MSWCC is authorized to receive and expend any funds appropriated by the federal government for the purposes of this program. The MSWCC has been authorized to receive and expend proceeds from bonds issued under Sections 1 through 14 of House Bill No. 1783 of the 1998 Regular Session.