The commission may negotiate with the Louisiana Conservation Commission and the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission to effectuate a reciprocity agreement with one or both of these commissions providing that the hunting and fishing licenses and the rules and regulations governing hunting and fishing shall be acceptable and recognized by the game and fish commissions or the conservation commission of each of the states participating in the reciprocity agreement, when hunters or fishermen hold a current license issued by the state game and fish commissions or the conservation commission of the state in which he is domiciled, when fishing in the Mississippi River or in bodies of water between the Mississippi River and the levee nearest the river, in places where there is a levee; and in the Mississippi River or in lakes formed by the Mississippi River, or in old Mississippi River runs in places where there is no levee; and when hunting waterfowl and other migratory species in the Mississippi River, or between the Mississippi River and the levee nearest the Mississippi River, or in the Mississippi River or in lakes formed by the Mississippi River, or in old Mississippi River runs in places where there is no levee.

For all counties lying wholly or partially within the Mississippi levee district, and bordering upon the Mississippi River, and having a population of more than five thousand (5,000) according to the 1950 census, the commission is authorized to effectuate a reciprocity agreement, with the Game and Fish Commissions of Arkansas and Louisiana, and/or with the Game and Fish Commissions of the Counties of Desha and Chicot in the State of Arkansas, which shall permit hunting waterfowl and other migratory species, deer, squirrels, turkeys, quail and rabbits in the Mississippi River, or between the Mississippi River and the levee nearest the Mississippi River, or in the Mississippi River or in lakes formed by the Mississippi River, or in old Mississippi River runs and in places where there is no levee.