The State hereby assents to the provisions of the act of Congress entitled "An Act to Provide that the United States Shall Aid the States in Fish Restoration and Management Projects, and for Other Purposes," approved August 9, 1950 (Public Law No. 681, 81st Congress), and the department shall perform such acts as may be necessary to the conduct and establishment of cooperative fish restoration projects, as defined in such act of Congress, in compliance with the act and rules and regulations promulgated by the Secretary of the Interior thereunder. The amounts necessary for the State to provide, in order to receive the benefits of such act, shall be paid from the fees collected by the Department from the sale of resident fishing licenses and a separate fund for this purpose shall be set up.

HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 28-710; 1952 Code Section 28-710; 1951 (47) 81; 1952 (47) 2890; 1972 (57) 2431; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 1263.