Purposes

Purposes Miss. Code Ann. §25-43-5, the “Administrative Procedures Law”, requires each agency of state government to adopt as a rule a description of its organization, stating the general course and method of its operations and the methods whereby the public may obtain information or make submissions or requests, and adopt rules of practice setting forth the nature and requirements of all formal and informal procedures available, including all requirements respecting the filing of applications for any license and the licensing procedure employed by the agency and the method whereby persons desiring notice pending applications may obtain such notice and request an opportunity to be heard. The purpose of this Regulation is to comply with the requirements of the Administrative Procedures Law. Some provisions of the Regulation also comply with the requirements of Miss. Code Ann. §25-61-5 of the Mississippi Public Records Act of 1983, as amended.