§ 61-15-5. Exemptions from registration
The following aircraft are exempt from provisions of this chapter: Aircraft manufactured within the state under an FAA approved type certificate which are owned and in the physical possession of the manufacturers as provided in subsection (4) of Section 61-15-7 of this chapter; Aircraft owned by charitable organizations and used solely for the furtherance of […]
§ 61-15-7. Filing of application for registration; fees; form and contents of applications; exemptions from registration requirement; exemption license; penalties for failure to register
Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, every owner or person in charge of an aircraft which shall be based and operated on or from any airport of any type in this state shall file an application for a certificate of registration by mail or otherwise with the tax collector of the county in which […]
§ 61-15-9. Maintenance of records on registered aircraft; assignment of license number; registration stickers; replacement of certificate of registration; renewal of registration; sale of registration certificate; transfer of registration
Upon receipt of an application for the registration of an aircraft, as herein provided, the county tax collector shall file such application and register such aircraft with the name and address of the owner, manufacturer or dealer, as the case may be, together with facts stated in such application under the distinctive number assigned to […]
§ 61-15-11. Registration schedule and rates; applicability of laws relating to sales tax; prorata registration and taxation; listing of aircraft on personal property rolls
Registration fees shall be paid to and collected by the tax collector of the county in which the aircraft is based. The registration and reregistration of aircraft shall be subject to the following schedule and rates: Aircraft other than those described in paragraph (b) of this subsection shall be taxed according to the following schedule: […]
§ 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).