§ 61-13-25. Powers and duties of Department of Finance and Administration
The Department of Finance and Administration shall have the following powers, duties and functions with regard to state aircraft operations: To administer, maintain and schedule a comprehensive program of management of state aviation activities; To maintain a record of all flights made by state aircraft; To initiate and maintain a pilot proficiency training program; To […]
§ 61-13-9. Documentation of use of airplanes
The Department of Finance and Administration shall require of all planes operated under the provisions of this chapter an accounting on forms furnished by the Department of Finance and Administration, which shall show among other things the trips made, names of passengers carried, date of beginning and termination of trips, miles traveled, stops made, fuel […]
§ 61-13-11. Allocation of cost of operation of airplanes to state departments, institutions or agencies
Whenever the Department of Finance and Administration under the direction of the Governor’s office makes an airplane or airplanes available to some department, institution or agency of the State of Mississippi, the actual cost for the operation thereof during the time the aforesaid airplane is so assigned shall be charged to and paid for by […]
§ 61-13-13. Purchase of insurance
The Department of Finance and Administration is hereby authorized to obtain adequate comprehensive insurance coverage for each of such airplanes as may be purchased or operated under the provisions of this chapter and any other insurance deemed necessary by the Executive Director of the Department of Finance and Administration. The purchase of such insurance shall […]
§ 61-13-15. Sale of surplus airplanes and disposition of proceeds; sale of airplanes purchased prior to July 1, 1986
Any airplane purchased or operated under the provisions of this chapter which becomes surplus to the needs of the state may be sold by the Department of Finance and Administration upon the receipt of not less than three (3) sealed bids after three (3) public advertisements inviting such bids in some newspaper published in the […]
§ 61-13-17. Payment of costs and expenses; disposition of proceeds of sale of aircraft
There is hereby created a special fund in the State Treasury out of which all costs and expenses incurred pursuant to this chapter shall be paid. All salaries, allocations and charges for the cost of operating, repairing and servicing the airplanes shall be paid from this fund. The Legislature shall appropriate the necessary funds to […]
§ 61-13-19. Penalties for violations of chapter
Any violation of the provisions of this chapter shall be punishable upon conviction by a fine of not to exceed five hundred dollars ($500.00).
§ 61-13-21. Transfer of certain powers of Adjutant General to Department of Finance and Administration
It is the intent of “the Mississippi Executive Reorganization Act of 1989 [Laws, 1989, Chapter 544]” to transfer the powers of the Adjutant General, Military Department of the State of Mississippi, with regard to the purchase or lease, operation and maintenance of nonmilitary aircraft for use by the departments, agencies, boards and commissions, the Legislature, […]
§ 61-13-23. Maintenance and pilot proficiency requirements; maintenance of policy manual and records of aircraft operations; availability of aircraft for emergency use
Upon July 1, 1989, all state aircraft activity, except those excluded by Section 61-13-7, Mississippi Code of 1972, shall adhere to the maintenance and pilot proficiency requirements as established by either the Federal Aviation Administration or the Department of Finance and Administration. A policy manual and records of all aircraft operations shall be maintained by […]
§ 61-13-1. Purchase, lease, operation, etc., of nonmilitary aircraft for state use
The Department of Finance and Administration of the State of Mississippi, is authorized and empowered to purchase or lease, operate and maintain nonmilitary aircraft for use by the Governor’s Office, state departments, agencies, boards and commissions, the Legislature, its officers and employees, all under the general direction of the Department of Finance and Administration.