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MS Code § 77-7-59 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 77 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 7 - Motor Carriers|Certificates of Public Convenience and Necessity; Permits; Interstate Permits|§ 77-7-59. Amendment, suspension and revocation of certificates and permits

 Certificates and permits shall be effective from the date specified therein, and shall remain in effect until terminated as herein provided.   Any such certificate or permit may, upon application of the holder thereof, in the discretion of the commission, be amended or revoked, in whole or in part. Any such certificate or permit may, upon complaint or upon the commission's own initiative, after notice and hearing, be suspended, changed, or revoked, in whole or in part, for wilful failure to comply with any provision of this chapter, or with any lawful order, rule, or regulation of the commission promulgated thereunder, or with any term, condition, or limitation of such certificate or permit. However, no such certificate or permit shall be revoked (except upon application of the holder) unless the holder thereof wilfully fails to comply, within a reasonable time, not more than ninety (90) days, to be fixed by the commission, with a lawful order of the commission, made as provided herein, commanding obedience to the provisions of this chapter, or to the lawful order, rule, or regulation of the commission thereunder, or to the term, condition, or limitation of such certificate or permit, found by the commission to have been violated by such holder.
MS Code § 77-7-61 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 77 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 7 - Motor Carriers|Certificates of Public Convenience and Necessity; Permits; Interstate Permits|§ 77-7-61. Sale or transfer of certificates and permits

  It shall be lawful, under the conditions specified below, for motor carriers to sell, assign, lease or transfer certificates or permits issued to them under the provisions of this chapter.  Whenever a purchase, lease, assignment or transfer is proposed under this section, the carrier or carriers or the person seeking authority therefor shall present an application to the commission in the form that may be prescribed by the commission, and thereupon the commission shall notify the applicant or applicants and other parties known to have a substantial interest in the proceedings of the time and place for a public hearing should the purchase, lease, assignment or transfer be protested or the commission otherwise requires one, not less than twenty (20) days prior thereto. If, after the hearing, the commission finds that the transaction proposed is in good faith, that the proposed assignee, lessee, purchaser or transferee is fit and able properly to perform the transportation services authorized by such certificate or permit and to comply with the rules, regulations and requirements of the commission, and that the transaction is otherwise consistent with the public interest, it may enter an order approving and authorizing sale, lease, assignment or transfer upon terms and conditions as it shall find to be just and reasonable and with modifications as it may prescribe.   It shall be unlawful for any person, except as provided in this section, to accomplish or effectuate, or to participate in the accomplishing and effectuating, the sale, lease, assignment or transfer of a certificate or permit, however the result is attained.    The commission is hereby authorized, upon complaint or upon its own initiative, to investigate and determine whether any person is violating the provisions of the preceding paragraph of this section.   Notwithstanding any provision of this section to the contrary, the certificates as applied for may be granted without a hearing in uncontested cases; however, the commission may hear any uncontested case if it determines that the public interest will be served thereby.
MS Code § 77-7-83 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 77 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 7 - Motor Carriers|Performance Bond; Insurance|§ 77-7-83. Insurance required of certificate holders

 Each holder of a certificate authorizing operation as a common carrier by motor vehicle, or the holder of a contract permit issued by the commission, shall keep in force at all times an insurance policy or a certificate of insurance in lieu thereof, issued by some insurance company or association or other insurer authorized to transact business in this state, or bond or bonds, to be approved by the commission, in an amount required by the commission, conditioned to pay any final judgment against the carrier for personal injuries or property damage resulting from or arising out of the use, maintenance or operation of the motor vehicles of such carrier and suffered by any member of the public or by the state or any of its political subdivisions. The amount of the insurance policy or bond required by the commission under this section shall in no case be less than the insurance requirements of the United States Department of Transportation as set out in 49 CFR part 387.
MS Code § 77-7-85 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 77 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 7 - Motor Carriers|Performance Bond; Insurance|§ 77-7-85. Insurance required of permit holders

 Each holder of a permit as a contract carrier by motor vehicle issued by the commission shall keep on file with the commission an insurance policy or a certificate of insurance in lieu thereof, issued by some insurance company or association or other insurer authorized to transact business in this state, or bond or bonds, to be approved by the commission, conditioned to pay any final judgment against said contract carrier for personal injuries or property damage resulting from or arising out of the use, maintenance or operation of the motor vehicles of such carrier, and suffered by any member of the public or by the state or any of its political subdivisions. However, such carrier shall not be required to file a policy of insurance or bond conditioned to pay the judgments on claims of its passengers, or shippers or patrons. The minimum amount of such insurance policy or bond shall be as provided in Section 77-7-83.
MS Code § 77-7-87 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 77 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 7 - Motor Carriers|Performance Bond; Insurance|§ 77-7-87. Insurance required of interstate carriers

 Each motor carrier holding certificates or permits from and operating under the authority of the Interstate Commerce Commission, in interstate business only, shall file and keep on file with the commission a policy or certificate of insurance, bond or certification of qualification as a self-insurer which complies with the Interstate Commerce Commission's requirements for the single state insurance registration program, conditioned to pay any final judgment against such interstate carrier for personal injury or property damage resulting from or arising out of the use, maintenance or operation of the motor vehicles of such interstate carrier, and suffered by any member of the public, or by the state or any of its subdivisions. However, no interstate carrier shall be required to file insurance or bond conditioned to pay the judgments on claims of its passengers, shippers, or patrons. The minimum amount of the insurance policy, certificate or bond shall be as provided in 49 CFR part 387.
MS Code § 77-7-89 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 77 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 7 - Motor Carriers|Performance Bond; Insurance|§ 77-7-89. Insurance policy or bond shall not be cancelled until notice is given to commission

 The insurance policy or bond filed with the commission as required by this chapter, shall contain a provision or endorsement to the effect that the same shall not be cancelled for any cause by either party thereto unless and until ten (10) days' written notice thereof shall have been given to the commission.
MS Code § 77-7-91 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 77 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 7 - Motor Carriers|Performance Bond; Insurance|§ 77-7-91. Actions against motor carriers and sureties

 In any action, whether in law or equity, against any motor carrier operating under the provisions of this chapter, whether such carrier is a common carrier, restricted motor carrier, contract carrier or an interstate carrier, the insurer, insurance company or obligor in the policy of insurance or bond given by such carrier in compliance with this chapter shall not be joined as a party to such suit and shall not be a proper party thereto except as hereinafter provided.   The insurer, insurance company or obligor, in any policy of insurance or bond filed in compliance with this chapter, shall be obligated to pay any final judgment obtained against any such carrier as provided in Sections 77-7-83 through 77-7-87, regardless of the solvency, insolvency, bankruptcy or receivership of such carrier.   In the event the insured shall abandon his permit or certificate and leave the state, a claimant asserting a claim within the provisions of said bond or policy may file suit against the sureties executing such bond or company issuing such policy in a court of competent jurisdiction without the necessity of making the insured a party to the said suit.
MS Code § 77-7-93 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 77 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 7 - Motor Carriers|Performance Bond; Insurance|§ 77-7-93. Effect of failure to comply with performance bond and insurance requirements

 The failure of any holder of a certificate or permit issued by and under the authority of the commission, to comply with any of the requirements of Section 77-7-83 shall be cause for the revocation or suspension of the certificate or permit, or for the imposition of a fine not exceeding One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00), or both. Failure of any holder of a certificate or permit issued by and under the authority of the Interstate Commerce Commission, to keep on file with the commission the insurance or other security provided by Section 77-7-87, shall be cause for prohibition of the use by the certificate or permit holder of any highway in this state, and shall be cause for the imposition of a fine not to exceed One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00).
MS Code § 77-7-115 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 77 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 7 - Motor Carriers|Inspection Fees; Identification Plates; Identification Trip Permits|§ 77-7-115. When and to whom inspection fees are to be paid

 On or before January 1 of each year, or prior to commencement of business, every holder of a certificate of convenience and necessity or permit or interstate authority issued by the U.S. Department of Transportation upon whom the fee is levied by Section 77-7-119, shall pay to the commission of this state an amount equal to the fees imposed in the section for each vehicle operated within this state.
MS Code § 77-7-117 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 77 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 7 - Motor Carriers|Inspection Fees; Identification Plates; Identification Trip Permits|§ 77-7-117. State to have lien on vehicles for payment of inspection fees

 A lien shall exist upon all property of any motor carrier subject to this chapter, who uses the highways of this state, and upon which fees shall be properly payable, for the payment of fees imposed by Section 77-7-119, together with all penalties accruing under this chapter. The lien shall be paramount to all other liens, except federal, state, county and municipal taxes.
MS Code § 77-7-119 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 77 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 7 - Motor Carriers|Inspection Fees; Identification Plates; Identification Trip Permits|§ 77-7-119. Registration receipts; fees; promulgation of rules and regulations by commission

  It shall be unlawful for any holder of a certificate of public convenience and necessity or permit, issued in accordance with this chapter, to operate over the highways of this state unless there shall be accompanying each vehicle so operated a receipt which shall have been procured from the commission as herein required. The receipts shall bear necessary numbers and identification markings which, in the opinion of the commission, are necessary to carry out the provisions of this section. The receipts required hereby shall be obtained by each operator liable therefor for each vehicle used in the conduct of his business in this state. The commission shall collect a fee of Ten Dollars ($10.00) for each receipt issued by the commission, and the Ten Dollar ($10.00) fee shall not be prorated monthly.   It shall be unlawful for any holder of authority from the U.S. Department of Transportation to operate over the highways of this state unless such carrier has paid a fee of Ten Dollars ($10.00) for each vehicle operated in or through the State of Mississippi pursuant to the U.S. Department of Transportation's single-state insurance registration.   The commission is authorized to promulgate all rules and regulations necessary to enable this state to participate in the single-state insurance registration system for motor carriers authorized by Section 4005 of the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991, P.L. No. 102-240, 105 Stat. 1914 (1991), codified at 49 U.S.C.A. Section 11506 (West Supp. 1992), and by applicable rules and regulations of the U.S. Department of Transportation and any amendments thereto.
MS Code § 77-7-125 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 77 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 7 - Motor Carriers|Inspection Fees; Identification Plates; Identification Trip Permits|§ 77-7-125. Commission has sole authority to issue registration receipts

 The commission shall have the sole and complete power and authority to issue registration receipts to owners and operators required to have the receipts.
MS Code § 77-7-127 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 77 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 7 - Motor Carriers|Inspection Fees; Identification Plates; Identification Trip Permits|§ 77-7-127. Disposition of funds collected by commission under this chapter; funding of agency expenses; deposit of monies into State General Fund

 All funds collected by the commission under the provisions of this chapter shall be deposited in the State Treasury to the credit of the commission's regulation fund for use by the commission for the administration and enforcement of the laws of this state relative to the inspection, control and supervision of the business, equipment, service or accounts of motor carriers subject to this chapter.   From and after July 1, 2016, the expenses of this agency shall be defrayed by appropriation from the State General Fund and all user charges and fees authorized under this section shall be deposited into the State General Fund as authorized by law.   From and after July 1, 2016, no state agency shall charge another state agency a fee, assessment, rent or other charge for services or resources received by authority of this section.
MS Code § 77-7-151 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 77 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 7 - Motor Carriers|General Duties of Common and Restricted Common Carriers|§ 77-7-151. Duties of common carriers of household goods by motor vehicle as to service and rates

 It shall be the duty of every common carrier of household goods by motor vehicle to provide safe and adequate service, equipment and facilities for the transportation of household goods.
MS Code § 77-7-153 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 77 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 7 - Motor Carriers|General Duties of Common and Restricted Common Carriers|§ 77-7-153. Discrimination by common carriers prohibited

 It shall be unlawful for any common carrier by motor vehicle, the rates of which are subject to regulation under the provisions of this chapter, to make, give or cause any undue or unreasonable preference or advantage to any particular person, port, gateway, locality or description of traffic in any respect whatsoever, or to subject any particular persons, port, gateway, locality or description of traffic to any unjust discrimination or any undue or unreasonable prejudice or disadvantage in any respect whatsoever. However, this section shall not be construed to apply to discriminations, prejudice or disadvantage to the traffic of any other carrier of whatever description.
MS Code § 77-7-173 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 77 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 7 - Motor Carriers|Service|§ 77-7-173. Changes in schedules by common carriers

 Common carriers by motor vehicle, the rates of which are subject to regulation under the provisions of this chapter, shall, before making a change in their schedules, give proper notice to the commission of such proposed change. The operation under such changed schedule shall thereafter be lawful unless otherwise ordered by the commission upon objection of an interested party or the commission itself.
MS Code § 77-7-175 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 77 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 7 - Motor Carriers|Service|§ 77-7-175. Operation of special or chartered parties by common carriers

 Any common carrier by motor vehicle transporting passengers under a certificate issued by the commission may operate to any place special or chartered parties under such reasonable rules and regulations as the commission may prescribe.
MS Code § 77-7-177 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 77 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 7 - Motor Carriers|Service|§ 77-7-177. Deviations from routes by common carriers

 A common carrier by motor vehicle, operating under a certificate issued by the commission, may occasionally deviate from the route over which it is authorized to operate under the certificate, under such general or special rules and regulations as the commission may prescribe.
MS Code § 77-7-181 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 77 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 7 - Motor Carriers|Service|§ 77-7-181. Accident reports

 It shall be the duty of the manager, agent or other proper officer of every motor carrier doing business or operating in this state to present to the commission such report or reports as may be required by it, under oath, of all accidents resulting in injury to persons, equipment, highway or property of any kind, under such rules and regulations as may be prescribed by the commission.
MS Code § 77-7-185 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 77 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 7 - Motor Carriers|Service|§ 77-7-185. Commission may require establishment of passenger stations

 After notice and hearing, and an opportunity to be heard by the carrier or carriers affected, the commission may require the establishment of passenger stations at cities and towns where such establishment is shown to be justified by the reasonable public needs. The commission shall give due consideration to the volume of traffic handled by the carrier or carriers to be affected, to and from the city or town where a station is proposed to be located, and the amount of revenue derived therefrom and the cost and expense of establishing and maintaining such station and the effect which the establishment of such station and the maintenance thereof will have upon the ability of the affected carrier or carriers to continue to perform their public service.
MS Code § 77-7-187 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 77 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 7 - Motor Carriers|Service|§ 77-7-187. Establishment of through routes and joint rates by common carriers

  Common carriers of passengers by motor vehicle may establish reasonable through routes and joint rates with other such common carriers, and shall provide safe and adequate service, equipment and facilities for the transportation of passengers, and shall establish, observe and enforce just and reasonable regulations and practices relating thereto, and to the issuance, form and substance of tickets, the carrying of personal, sample and excess baggage, and the facilities for transportation of passengers. In case of joint rates, fares and charges, it shall be the duty of the carriers party thereto to establish just, reasonable and equitable divisions thereof as between the carriers participating therein which shall not unduly prefer or prejudice any of such participating carriers.   Common carriers of passengers by motor vehicle may establish reasonable through routes and joint rates, fares or charges with common carriers by railroad or water. In case of such joint rates, fares or charges, it shall be the duty of the carriers party thereto to establish just and reasonable regulations and practices in connection therewith, and just, reasonable and equitable divisions thereof as between the carriers participating therein which shall not unduly prefer or prejudice any of such participating carriers.
MS Code § 77-7-211 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 77 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 7 - Motor Carriers|Rates of Common Carriers|§ 77-7-211. Filing, publication and posting of rates of common carriers; rejection of tariff by commission

 Every common carrier of passengers shall file with the commission, and print and keep open for public inspection, tariffs showing all the rates, fares and charges for transportation, and all services in connection therewith, between points on its own route, and between points on its own route and points on the route of any other such carrier, or on the route of any common carrier by railroad, express or water, when a through route and joint rate has been established. Such rates, fares and charges shall be stated in terms of lawful money of the United States. The tariffs required by this section shall be published, filed and posted in such form and manner, and shall contain such information as the commission by regulation shall prescribe. The commission is authorized to reject any tariff filed with it which is not in consonance with this section and with such regulations. Any tariff so rejected by the commission shall be void and its use shall be unlawful.   No common carrier of passengers, unless otherwise provided by this chapter, shall engage in the transportation of passengers unless the rates, fares and charges upon which the same are transported by the carrier have been filed and published in accordance with the provisions of this chapter.
MS Code § 77-7-213 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 77 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 7 - Motor Carriers|Rates of Common Carriers|§ 77-7-213. Common carriers shall charge only rates set forth in tariff

 No common carrier by motor vehicle, the rates of which are subject to regulation under the provisions of this chapter, shall charge, demand, collect or receive a greater, less or different compensation for transportation or for any service in connection therewith between the points enumerated in its tariff than the rates, fares and charges specified in the tariffs in effect at the time. No such carrier shall refund or remit in any manner or by any device, directly or indirectly, or through any agent, or otherwise, any portion of the rates, fares or charges so specified, or extend to any person any privileges or facilities for transportation except such as are specified in its tariffs.