Miss. Code § 7-17-33
All power, authority, duties and functions of the boards, commissions, departments and agencies abolished by "the Mississippi Executive Reorganization Act of 1989 [Chapter 544, Laws of 1989]" shall, from and after July 1, 1989, vest in and be performed by the departments or agencies to which they are assigned. All records, personnel, property and unexpended balances of appropriations, allocation or other funds of the abolished departments or agencies, except those transferred elsewhere by other provisions of "the Mississippi Executive Reorganization Act of 1989", shall be transferred under the direction of the State Fiscal Officer to the proper department or agency on July 1, 1989. The transfer of segregated or special funds shall be made in such a manner that the relation between program and revenue source as provided by law is retained.
The newly created Department of Economic and Community Development and the newly created Department of Environmental Quality shall continue to use the stationery or other supplies having thereon the letterhead of their predecessor agency or department until such stationery or other supplies are depleted. Such newly created departments shall not expend any funds to purchase stationery or other supplies having thereon the letterhead of the newly created department until such time as the supplies of their predecessor agency or department are depleted as herein provided.
Miss. Code § 7-17-33