§ 65-1-173. Employment of inspectors to enforce and investigate violations of railroad laws and related mandates
For the purpose of enforcing and investigating all violations of the railroad laws, and the rules, regulations and general orders of the Mississippi Transportation Commission promulgated thereunder, the commission is hereby authorized to employ five (5) inspectors and one (1) railway safety coordinator. The salaries of the inspectors and the safety coordinator shall be fixed […]
§ 65-1-175. Jurisdiction and powers of Department of Transportation with respect to roadway/railway crossings
The jurisdiction of the Mississippi Department of Transportation shall be exclusive with respect to public roadway/railroad crossings either at grade or otherwise except to the extent that its jurisdiction is preempted by valid federal statute, regulation or order. The Mississippi Department of Transportation shall have power, upon its own motion or upon complaint filed, after […]
§ 65-1-149. Annual reports of transportation commission; commissioner’s reports; administrative budget; post audit of funds expended and programs projected
The Mississippi Transportation Commission shall file a detailed annual report with the Governor, Department of Finance and Administration, Secretary of the Senate, Clerk of the House of Representatives, and each member of the Senate and the House of Representatives requesting one, by January 15 of each year showing by county the construction and maintenance work […]
§ 65-1-151. Additional bonds required of commissioners and director
Bond shall be given to the state of Mississippi by each commissioner and the director, each in an additional sum of Fifty Thousand Dollars ($50,000.00), which is in addition to the bonds required in Sections 65-1-3 and 65-1-9, Mississippi Code of 1972; and said bond shall in all instances be and is for the same […]
§ 65-1-153. Submission of work program required prior to appropriations; notification of changes in program
From and after July 1, 1981, no appropriation shall be made to the Mississippi State Highway Department until the highway department supplies the legislature with a detailed program of the work to be accomplished during the fiscal year for which such appropriation will be made. Whenever a determination is made that one or more of […]
§ 65-1-155. Transfer of funds to Bureau of Building, Grounds and Real Property Management
The State Highway Commission, acting through the Director of the State Highway Department, is hereby authorized and directed to transfer the sum of Ten Million Dollars ($10,000,000.00) out of any money in the special fund accounts within the State Treasury to the credit of the State Highway Department into a special fund account to the […]
§ 65-1-137. Security officers considered independent contractors
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.
§ 65-1-139. Contractors may be required to provide law enforcement safety operations in certain work zones; agreements between contractors and law enforcement agencies to provide work zone law enforcement; utilization of officers from Department of Transportation Office of Law Enforcement to perform work zone safety operations under certain circumstances
The Mississippi Transportation Commission may require its contractors to provide for law enforcement safety operations in work zones that the commission determines are on high-volume roadways or on high risk projects by including such provision in a contract between the commission and the contractor or as part of a bid requirement. A contractor may provide […]
§ 65-1-141. Annual submission of three-year plan for maintenance, construction and relocation of highway system; determination of priorities for expenditure of funds
The Highway Commission shall annually have the Highway Department prepare a three-year plan for the maintenance, construction, reconstruction and relocation of the State Highway System. The plan shall include: For each interstate, primary, secondary and other highway or road system under the jurisdiction of the Highway Commission, a list and detailed description of those highways, […]
§ 65-1-143. Construction to commence at points having greatest traffic congestion
When the specific location of a road has been established under the criteria contained in Section 65-1-141, construction on said roads shall commence at the point on each segment having the greatest traffic congestion.