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MS Code § 65-1-79 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 65 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 1 - Transportation Department|Article 1 - In General|§ 65-1-79. Agreements for purpose of securing federal aid funds available under Title 23, United States Code

 The State Highway Commission is authorized to enter into agreements with the United States of America for the purpose of securing federal aid funds when available under the provisions of Title 23, United States Code. The federal aid received under this authorization may be used on roads and streets, either on or off the designated highway system or designated state aid system. The State Highway Commission is given the power and authority to approve the system of roads and streets when the approval of such system(s) establishes the eligibility for these roads and streets for federally funded projects when the necessary matching requirement of the federal aid is supplied by the political subdivision wherein the system or project lies. The State Highway Commission is further vested with full authority to determine the priority of the expenditure of these funds and to approve the priority of improvements financed as a result of such authorization.
MS Code § 65-1-83 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 65 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 1 - Transportation Department|Article 1 - In General|§ 65-1-83. Traffic census and other surveys, inspections or studies

 The State Highway Commission shall continue through the State Highway Department to cooperate with the United States Department of Transportation, as necessary, in the taking of a traffic census and the making of other surveys, inspections or studies as said federal agency may request or require pertaining to or on the state highway system and such other roads, bridges and highways within this state as it may deem advisable.
MS Code § 65-1-86 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 65 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 1 - Transportation Department|Article 1 - In General|§ 65-1-86. Duty of Attorney General with respect to illegal contracts or criminal acts

 The Attorney General shall, with or without a request by the State Highway Commission, bring any lawsuit, in the name of the State Highway Commission, to recover any monies lost through illegal contracts, fraud, false pretense or any other criminal act, and the highway commission shall, at the direction of the Attorney General, supply internal audits or perform any other necessary act to furnish the attorney general with any evidence pertaining to such loss for use by the Attorney General in the preparation of said lawsuits.
MS Code § 65-1-87 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 65 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 1 - Transportation Department|Article 1 - In General|§ 65-1-87. Purchases of war surplus equipment, supplies and materials

 The Mississippi State Highway Commission is hereby authorized and empowered to purchase war surplus equipment, supplies, and materials from the General Services Administration of the United States of America without the necessity of advertising for bids for such materials and equipment and supplies, even though the cost of such materials, equipment, and supplies exceed the sum of One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00), provided that such equipment, materials, and supplies shall be purchased for less than the then prevailing market price.
MS Code § 65-1-89 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 65 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 1 - Transportation Department|Article 1 - In General|§ 65-1-89. Contract arbitration provisions

 Every formal contract made by or on behalf of the Mississippi Transportation Commission for the construction of any building, highway, or work, or the doing of any repairs shall contain and include a provision for settlement by arbitration, if requested by either party to the contract, of all claims and disputes and other matters arising out of such contract, or the failure or refusal to perform the whole or any part thereof.
MS Code § 65-1-91 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 65 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 1 - Transportation Department|Article 1 - In General|§ 65-1-91. Arbitration proceedings and effect

 Upon demand for arbitration by any party to a contract with the Mississippi Transportation Commission for the construction of any building, highway or work, or the doing of any repairs, such arbitration shall proceed in all respects and shall have the same effect as authorized and provided by Sections 11-15-1 through 11-15-37. Any arbitration decision shall be binding.
MS Code § 65-1-93 through 65-1-109 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 65 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 1 - Transportation Department|Article 1 - In General|§ 65-1-93 through 65-1-109. Superseded

 Superseded by Chapter 39 of Title 43, Mississippi Code of 1972.   [Codes, 1942, §§ 8023.5-01 to 8023.5-09; Laws, 1970, ch. 440, §§ 1-9; 1971, ch. 508, §§ 1-5]
MS Code § 65-1-110 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 65 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 1 - Transportation Department|Article 1 - In General|§ 65-1-110. Mississippi Department of Transportation Equipment Purchase Fund established

 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 equipment, funds obtained from the sale of equipment by the Mississippi Department of Transportation and funds obtained from insurance settlements with regard to equipment utilized by the Mississippi Department of Transportation. Money deposited into the fund shall not lapse at the end of any fiscal year and investment earnings on the proceeds in such special fund shall be deposited into such fund. Money from such fund shall be disbursed therefrom upon warrants issued by the State Fiscal Officer upon requisitions signed by the Executive Director of the Mississippi Department of Transportation to purchase or lease equipment for the Mississippi Department of Transportation.
MS Code § 65-1-111 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 65 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 1 - Transportation Department|Article 1 - In General|§ 65-1-111. Highway funds; bond and interest funds

 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 to time. It shall be the duty of the Department of Finance and Administration to place and allocate those funds so covered into the State Treasury in the State Highway Fund. The interest earned on the investment of any highway funds shall be paid into the State Highway Fund, except as otherwise provided in Section 15 of Laws, 2004, ch. 595. If any highway bonds or notes are issued, the Transportation Commission will adopt a resolution requesting the Bond Commission to issue such bonds or notes as may be authorized and a "bond and interest sinking fund" and "note fund" shall be kept separate from the highway fund by the State Treasurer pursuant to the bond resolution adopted by the State of Mississippi Bond Commission.
MS Code § 65-1-112 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 65 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 1 - Transportation Department|Article 1 - In General|§ 65-1-112. Funds to be expended on basis of state need

 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.
MS Code § 65-1-113 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 65 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 1 - Transportation Department|Article 1 - In General|§ 65-1-113. Audit and budget

 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 of the Mississippi Transportation Commission. The audit shall be so segregated that it shall show in detail the expenditures of the Mississippi Department of Transportation for the period involved.   At a regular meeting in April of each year prior to the beginning of each July 1 fiscal year, the Mississippi Transportation Commission shall adopt a complete, detailed and itemized budget of each construction program, maintenance and administration based on information as required by the Legislative Budget Office, which budget shall not exceed a reasonably anticipated income of the commission for the succeeding fiscal year, and the essential features of such budget shall be spread at large on the minutes of the commission. A copy of the detailed budget shall be filed with the Governor and three (3) copies each with the Legislative Budget Office and the Department of Finance and Administration on or before May 30 of each year and shall cover all anticipated expenditures for construction, maintenance and all other expenditures for the ensuing fiscal year. The commission shall not make expenditures in excess of its published budget or any item thereof without written notice to the Legislative Budget Office and prior approval of the Department of Finance and Administration, except in case of extraordinary, unusual or unprecedented occurrences arising by reason of unforeseen events, floods, hurricanes or other acts of God or force majeure, in which event, upon the declaration of emergency and necessity spread at large upon the minutes, appropriate and necessary emergency expenditures may be made.
MS Code § 65-1-115 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 65 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 1 - Transportation Department|Article 1 - In General|§ 65-1-115. System of accounting

 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, and it shall be the duty of the Transportation Commission, acting through its Executive Director, in allowing any account to request, by requisition the Department of Finance and Administration, that a warrant be issued therefor. The commission shall provide proper books covering requisitions to be drawn from the State Highway Fund. In the event any highway bonds or notes are issued, additional books covering a "bond and interest sinking fund" and "note fund" shall likewise be provided.
MS Code § 65-1-117 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 65 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 1 - Transportation Department|Article 1 - In General|§ 65-1-117. County and federal funds for road construction

 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 the State Highway Fund, all funds from the federal government made available by it for road construction purposes, and the treasurer shall notify the commission of the amounts so received.   All accounts against the above mentioned funds shall be certified by the director of the State Highway Department, who shall request the auditor of public accounts to issue his warrant on the State Treasurer for the amount of the account, and the treasurer shall pay same if sufficient funds are available, all in the manner prescribed herein or as may be required by law.
MS Code § 65-1-121 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 65 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 1 - Transportation Department|Article 1 - In General|§ 65-1-121. Inventory and report of property

 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 and by items in or upon a card index, or other modern filing system, and thereafter all property which may be purchased or acquired by the commission shall be likewise noted and indexed in such filing system so as to keep a complete record of the identity, cost, purpose, use, and location of said property at all times, so that inventory thereof may easily be made; and when disposed of, a complete record of the disposition thereof shall likewise be made. It shall be the duty of each of the highway commissioners and of the director to make a full report annually of all monies or property that have or has come into his possession or control and to faithfully account therefor.
MS Code § 65-1-125 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 65 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 1 - Transportation Department|Article 1 - In General|§ 65-1-125. Sale of used road building materials

 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 required by Section 65-1-111.
MS Code § 65-1-127 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 65 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 1 - Transportation Department|Article 1 - In General|§ 65-1-127. Participation in Federal Highway Administration Fellowship Program in Highway Safety

 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 to better equip them for service to the state highway department.   In addition to requirements set forth in the Federal Highway Administration's regulations, any such employee to be eligible for such training must agree to continue to work with the Mississippi State Highway Department for at least three (3) years after completing the fellowship study period.   At no time shall more than three (3) employees be on such leave from the Mississippi State Highway Department.
MS Code § 65-1-129 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 65 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 1 - Transportation Department|Article 1 - In General|§ 65-1-129. Security officers; definitions

 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 Enforcement Officers' Training Academy; and   Is of good moral character and has not been convicted of any crime involving moral turpitude.
MS Code § 65-1-131 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 65 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 1 - Transportation Department|Article 1 - In General|§ 65-1-131. Security officers; appointment; oath; identification; powers; reimbursement by district

  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 responsible to the Mississippi Transportation Commission and the Executive Director of the Mississippi Department of Transportation.   A security officer appointed and commissioned as provided in subsection (1) of this section shall, before entering upon his duties as such officer, take the oath of office prescribed by Section 268, Mississippi Constitution of 1890, which shall be endorsed upon his commission. The commission, with the oath endorsed upon it, shall be entered in the official minute book of the Transportation Commission.   A security officer appointed and commissioned pursuant to the provisions of subsection (1) of this section, shall, while engaged in the performance of his duties, carry on his person a badge identifying him as a security officer of the Mississippi Department of Transportation and an identification card issued by the Transportation Commission. When in uniform, each such security officer shall wear his badge in plain view.   A security officer appointed and commissioned under subsection (1) of this section may exercise the same powers of arrest and the right to bear firearms that may be exercised by any state, municipal or other police officer in this state, but only with respect to violations of law which are committed on or within buildings, property or facilities owned by or under the jurisdiction of the Transportation Commission or the Transportation Department. Any right granted under this subsection in no way relieves the requirements of appropriate affidavit and warrant for arrest from the appropriate jurisdiction and authority pursuant to the laws of this state.   On behalf of each person who is employed as a security officer under subsection (1) of this section and who is trained as a security officer at the Mississippi Law Enforcement Officers' Training Academy, the Transportation Department shall be required to pay to the academy at least an amount equal to the per student cost of operation of said academy as tuition.
MS Code § 65-1-133 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 65 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 1 - Transportation Department|Article 1 - In General|§ 65-1-133. Security officers; arrest and detention

 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 forthwith deliver the arrested person to the sheriff of the county in which the offense was committed, and such security officer shall have no further authority as to the custody of such arrested person.
MS Code § 65-1-135 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 65 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 1 - Transportation Department|Article 1 - In General|§ 65-1-135. Security officers; termination of authority

 The powers and authority of any security officer may be terminated at any time by the Highway Commission.
MS Code § 65-1-136 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 65 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 1 - Transportation Department|Article 1 - In General|§ 65-1-136. Authorization of Mississippi Transportation Commission to contract with private security firms; requirements and limitations pertaining to private security officers

  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 by or under the jurisdiction of the Transportation Commission or the Transportation Department, or for buildings, property or facilities located on a trunkline highway at or near a point of entry into this state in which a welcome center or hospitality station has been established by the Mississippi Department of Economic and Community Development.   A security officer of a security firm or business with which the commission has contracted pursuant to the provisions of this section, while engaged in the performance of his duties, shall carry on his person a badge identifying him as a security officer and an identification card issued by the Transportation Commission. When in uniform, each such security officer shall wear his badge in plain view.   A security officer of a security firm or business with which the commission has contracted pursuant to the provisions of this section shall have only such powers of arrest as may be exercised by a private citizen of this state and only such right to bear firearms or weapons while engaged in the performance of his duties as authorized under Section 97-37-7.
MS Code § 65-1-137 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 65 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 1 - Transportation Department|Article 1 - In General|§ 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.
MS Code § 65-1-139 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 65 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 1 - Transportation Department|Article 1 - In General|§ 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 law enforcement work zone safety operations by entering into mutually agreeable agreements with state, county and/or municipal law enforcement agencies for the provision of such operations. Any law enforcement agency that enters into such agreement with a contractor shall only provide work zone safety operation services in locations that are within the jurisdiction of the law enforcement agency, and the agency shall only have those enforcement powers granted to them by law. Contractors required to provide work zone safety operations and state law enforcement agencies, counties and municipalities are authorized to enter into agreements to effectuate the purposes of this subsection (1).   If a mutually acceptable agreement between a contractor and applicable law enforcement agencies cannot be reached after good faith negotiations, the Mississippi Transportation Commission may utilize officers from the Mississippi Department of Transportation Office of Law Enforcement to perform safety operations in work zones that the commission determines are on high-volume roadways or on high risk projects. Officers of the Mississippi Department of Transportation Office of Law Enforcement are authorized to utilize any enforcement power already granted to them by law in the performance of work zone safety operations and shall engage the oscillating blue lights on their vehicles to encourage the public to observe all traffic laws while proceeding through the work zone. This subsection (2) shall not be construed as granting the Office of Law Enforcement general police powers.