When used in this chapter and for the purposes of Sections 65-1-1 through 65-1-21, the following words shall have the meanings ascribed herein unless the context otherwise requires: “Department” means the Mississippi Department of Transportation. Whenever the term “Mississippi State Highway Department,” or the word “department” meaning the Mississippi State Highway Department, appears in the […]
Under the authority of the Mississippi Transportation Commission, and in conformity with its orders as spread on its minutes, the executive director shall: Unless otherwise provided by law, appoint a director in charge of each operating office of the department who shall be responsible to the Executive Director for the operation of such office. Each […]
The executive director, subject to the approval of the commission, shall employ a chief engineer who shall be a registered civil engineer, a graduate of a recognized school of engineering, and who shall have had not less than five (5) years’ actual professional experience in highway construction. The chief engineer shall also be a deputy […]
There is hereby created in the State Treasury a special fund to be designated as the Mississippi Department of Transportation Equipment Purchase Fund into which shall be deposited such funds as may be appropriated by the Legislature, any funds obtained from the “buy back” option offered by equipment manufacturers or suppliers of certain types of […]
All monies from any source provided by law shall be covered and paid into the State Treasury as other public funds are paid, and it shall be the duty of the Department of Finance and Administration to advise the Mississippi Transportation Commission of the amount of money allotted to the commission on hand from time […]
No funds provided to the state highway fund shall be expended on a set division of such funds by district, but shall be expended on the basis of state needs as a whole.
The books and accounts of the Mississippi Department of Transportation shall be audited at the end of each fiscal year by the State Auditor. A copy of the audit shall be filed with the Governor, the Legislative Budget Office, and the Department of Finance and Administration and a copy kept on file in the Office […]
The Department of Finance and Administration, in cooperation with the commission or its comptroller, shall formulate and prescribe a uniform system of accounting for all monies expended by the Mississippi Transportation Commission. The commission shall have prepared and issued all necessary forms, rules, and regulations for the installation and operation of said system of accounting, […]
The board of supervisors of any county is hereby authorized in its discretion to deposit with the State Treasurer, as trustee, funds representing the county’s or district’s share of the cost of construction of any project in that county. The State Treasurer is hereby authorized to continue to receive and deposit to the credit of […]
A full, complete, and detailed inventory of all property, other than rights of ways and lands containing road building materials, shall be continued as heretofore prepared and filed by the State Highway Department. All of said properties so reported and inventoried and all other property of every kind or description shall be entered in detail […]
Except as otherwise provided in subsection (10) of this section, whenever any personal property has been acquired in any manner by the Mississippi Transportation Commission for public use and in the opinion of the commission, all or any part of the property becomes unnecessary for public use, the commission is authorized to dispose of such […]
The State Highway Department is hereby authorized, in its discretion, to sell used road building materials of every kind, nature, and description to the various boards of supervisors for a reasonable and fair price. The funds received as a result of a sale contemplated by this section shall be deposited in the state treasury as […]
The Mississippi State Highway Commission is authorized and empowered to cooperate with the Federal Highway Administration Fellowship Program in Highway Safety by granting permission of any of its employees accepted for participating in such program to be granted a leave of absence to obtain the schooling without loss of salary while gaining the advanced training […]
For purposes of Sections 65-1-129 through 65-1-137, unless the context requires otherwise, the following terms shall have the meanings ascribed herein: “Highway Commission” means the Mississippi State Highway Commission. “Qualified person” means a person who: Has met all the educational and training requirements of a course of study prescribed and conducted by the Mississippi Law […]
The commission, upon the recommendation of the executive director, may appoint one (1) deputy executive director for administration in addition to the deputy executive director provided for in Section 65-1-11. The powers and duties of the deputy executive director for administration appointed pursuant to this subsection shall be specified by the commission and shall include, […]
The Mississippi Transportation Commission may appoint and commission qualified persons as security officers of the Mississippi Department of Transportation. Any such security officer so appointed shall be a full-time employee of the Transportation Department and shall not be employed by any privately owned guard or security service, and shall at all times be answerable and […]
A person arrested by a security officer appointed and commissioned under Section 65-1-131 shall be handled or processed in the jurisdiction in which the offense was committed, in the same manner as if the arrest had been made by a sheriff or constable. If such security officer detains any person arrested by him, he shall […]
The powers and authority of any security officer may be terminated at any time by the Highway Commission.
In addition to employing security officers as full-time employees of the Mississippi Department of Transportation as authorized under subsection (1) of Section 65-1-131, the Mississippi Transportation Commission may contract with any private security firm or business authorized to do business in this state for the purpose of providing security for buildings, property or facilities owned […]
All security officers of any security firm or business with which the Transportation Commission has contracted under Section 65-1-136 shall be independent contractors and shall not be considered as employees under Chapter 46 of Title 11, Mississippi Code of 1972.
