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MS Code § 77-9-249 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 77 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 9 - Railroads and Other Common Carriers|Article 3 - Railroads and Railroad Corporations|Safety|§ 77-9-249. Obedience to signal indicating approach of train; penalties

  Whenever any person driving a vehicle approaches a railroad grade crossing under any of the circumstances stated in this subsection, the driver of such vehicle shall stop within fifty (50) feet but not less than fifteen (15) feet from the nearest rail of such railroad, and shall not proceed until he can do so safely. The foregoing requirements shall apply when one or more of the following circumstances exists:   A clearly visible electric or mechanical signal device gives warning of the immediate approach of a railroad train; or   A crossing gate is lowered or when a human flagman gives or continues to give a signal of the approach or passage of a railroad train; or   A railroad train approaching within approximately nine hundred (900) feet of the highway crossing emits a signal in accordance with Section 77-9-225, and such railroad train, by reason of its speed or nearness to such crossing, is an immediate hazard; or   An approaching railroad train is plainly visible and is in hazardous proximity to such crossing.     No person shall drive any vehicle through, around or under any crossing gate or barrier at a railroad crossing while such gate or barrier is closed or is being opened or closed.   In the trial of all actions to recover personal injury or property damages, sustained by any driver of such vehicles for collision of said vehicle and train in which action it may appear that the said driver may have violated any of the provisions hereof, the question of whether or not the said violation was the sole or approximate cause of the accident and injury shall be for the jury to determine. The violation of this section shall not of itself defeat recovery, and the question of negligence or the violation aforesaid shall be left to the jury; and the comparative negligence statutes and prima facie statute of this state shall apply in these cases as in other cases of negligence.   At any railroad grade crossing provided with visible railroad crossbuck signs without automatic electric or mechanical signal devices, crossing gates or a human flagman giving a signal of the approach or passage of a train, the driver of a vehicle shall, in obedience to such railroad crossbuck sign, yield the right-of-way and slow to a speed reasonable for the existing conditions, and shall stop if required for safety at a clearly marked stop line, or if no stop line, within fifty (50) feet, but not less than fifteen (15) feet, from the nearest rail of the railroad, and shall not proceed until he can do so safely.   Every person, company or corporation violating the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be fined not less than Two Hundred Fifty Dollars ($250.00) nor more than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00), or imprisoned not more than thirty (30) days, or both such fine and imprisonment, in the discretion of the court.
MS Code § 77-9-250 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 77 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 9 - Railroads and Other Common Carriers|Article 3 - Railroads and Railroad Corporations|Safety|§ 77-9-250. Operation Lifesaver Program; purpose; Operation Lifesaver Fund created; sources of funds

  There is created within the Department of Transportation the Operation Lifesaver Program.The purpose of the program is to increase safety of and prevent loss of life and property at railroad crossings by increasing compliance, on the part of the railroads and the public, with the provisions of Section 77-9-249.   There is created in the State Treasury a special fund to be known as the Operation Lifesaver Fund.The purpose of the fund shall be to provide funding for the Operation Lifesaver Program.Monies from the funds derived from assessments under Section 99-19-73 shall be distributed by the State Treasurer upon warrants issued by the Mississippi Department of Transportation.The fund shall be a continuing fund, not subject to fiscal-year limitations, and shall consist of:   Monies appropriated by the Legislature for the purposes of funding Operation Lifesaver;   The interest accruing to the fund;   Monies received under the provisions of Section 99-19-73;   Monies received from the federal government;   Donations; and   Monies received from such other sources as may be provided by or allowable under law.
MS Code § 77-9-251 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 77 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 9 - Railroads and Other Common Carriers|Article 3 - Railroads and Railroad Corporations|Safety|§ 77-9-251. Highway crossings and bridges

 Where a railroad is constructed so as to cross a highway, and it be necessary to raise or lower the highway, it shall be the duty of the railroad company to make proper and easy grades in the highway, so that the railroad may be conveniently crossed, and to keep such crossings in good order. It shall be the duty of the railroad company to erect and keep in order all bridges on any highway, at such points as bridges may be necessary to cross the railroad. Any company which shall fail to comply with these provisions within sixty (60) days from the filing of written notice by the board of supervisors of the county in which said crossing is located, served upon the agent of said railroad company located in said county by the sheriff, as other processes are served, shall forfeit the sum of the cost of construction of said bridge or crossing, to be recovered by action in the name of the county in which the bridge or crossing is situated, upon an itemized bill of cost of said work.
MS Code § 77-9-252 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 77 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 9 - Railroads and Other Common Carriers|Article 3 - Railroads and Railroad Corporations|Safety|§ 77-9-252. Railroad grade crossings; private entity to pay cost of installation under certain circumstances

  Any developer, corporation, individual or other private entity requesting or applying for a new public railroad grade crossing shall be responsible for all costs for installing appropriate warning devices, for installing appropriate crossing surfaces and approaches, for establishing appropriate crossing profiles and for obtaining easements to maintain sight distance as deemed necessary for such crossing by a diagnostic survey team comprised of the Mississippi Department of Transportation Rails Engineer, a representative from the Federal Highway Administration, a representative of the affected railroad company and a representative of the affected local governmental jurisdiction.   When an existing private railroad grade crossing maintained for or by a private party is requested to become a publicly maintained railroad grade crossing, or when an existing private railroad grade crossing maintained for or by a private party is permitted by that party to be used as a public railroad grade crossing, the private party shall be responsible for all costs for installing warning devices, for replacing or modifying crossing surfaces and approaches as appropriate, for establishing appropriate crossing profiles and for obtaining easements to maintain sight distances as deemed necessary by the diagnostic survey team described in subsection (1) of this section for safety of the traveling public at such crossing before opening such crossing to the public. As used in this section, the term "private railroad grade crossing" means any privately maintained road or street not under the jurisdiction of a public entity that crosses a railroad, and which is permitted by a private railroad company or by other agreement, deed or law to cross its railroad tracks and right-of-way.   Any developer, corporation, individual or other private entity requesting or applying for a new public railroad grade crossing or for conversion of an existing private railroad grade crossing to a public railroad grade crossing, at the time of the request or application, shall notify the local roadway authority and the Mississippi Department of Transportation of such request or application.
MS Code § 77-9-253 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 77 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 9 - Railroads and Other Common Carriers|Article 3 - Railroads and Railroad Corporations|Safety|§ 77-9-253. Stock-gaps and cattle-guards; crossing for plantation roads; penalty

  It is the duty of every railroad company to construct and maintain all necessary or proper stock gaps and cattle guards where its track passes through enclosed land, and to make and maintain convenient and suitable crossings over its track for necessary plantation roads. However, the duty to make and maintain convenient and suitable crossings for necessary plantation roads shall not apply to property under common ownership that is contiguous to a public road which provides access to a reasonably convenient public railroad crossing. For the purposes of this section, a public railroad crossing is reasonably convenient if it is one (1) mile or less from the plantation road measured along the railroad track.   For any failure to comply with subsection (1) of this section, the railroad company shall be liable to pay Two Hundred Fifty Dollars ($250.00), to be recovered by the person interested.   A person owning or having an interest as cropper or tenant in land in an enclosure as described in subsection (1) of this section shall have a right of action under this section whether the land of such person is entered or traversed by said track or not.   This section shall apply to all enclosed land, whether said land is or may be situated in a county or district where the stock law is or may be in force or not. The penalty provided for in subsection (2) of this section shall not be cumulative, and only one (1) recovery shall be had for each failure.   The provisions of this section may be enforced by a court of competent jurisdiction.   The provisions of this section shall not relieve a railroad company from the duty to continue to maintain convenient and suitable crossings over its track for necessary plantation roads and all necessary or proper stock gaps and cattle guards, if such crossings, stock gaps and cattle guards existed and were in use before July 1, 2002.
MS Code § 77-9-257 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 77 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 9 - Railroads and Other Common Carriers|Article 3 - Railroads and Railroad Corporations|Safety|§ 77-9-257. Inspection of railroads

 The Mississippi Transportation Commission shall have every railroad inspected whenever it shall deem the same necessary, but at least once in each year. The results must be entered upon the minutes of the commission and embraced in its reports, and must embrace information as to the condition of the roadbed, rolling stock and depots, and such other facilities and equipment as the commission may deem proper. Whenever the commission shall find any roadbed, tunnel, switch or any part of a railroad track, or any rolling stock in actual use, in an unsafe condition, it shall direct the railroad company to make the necessary repairs.
MS Code § 77-9-261 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 77 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 9 - Railroads and Other Common Carriers|Article 3 - Railroads and Railroad Corporations|Safety|§ 77-9-261. Failure to submit to inspection; penalties

 If any officer or other employee of a railroad company shall fail to submit to the inspection of its engines or cars, or any trestle, bridge, roadbed, tracks, or any other equipment or facility owned or used by said railroad company, then such person shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction, shall be punished by a fine of not less than twenty-five dollars ($25.00) nor more than one hundred dollars ($100.00) or by confinement in the county jail for not more than thirty (30) days, or by both such fine and jail sentence.
MS Code § 77-9-321 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 77 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 9 - Railroads and Other Common Carriers|Article 3 - Railroads and Railroad Corporations|Service and Facilities|§ 77-9-321. Rights of shippers of livestock

 A person who has chartered a car for the purpose of transporting livestock shall have the right to ship in the same car, at his own risk, different kinds of livestock. The shipper shall have the right to load said car by separating his stock with gates or bars, or by putting upper-decks at his own expense and without injury to the car; the shipper shall be responsible for all damage that may occur by reason of its being so loaded. Any railroad company refusing, without sufficient reason, to move or transport a car so loaded, shall be liable to the party injured thereby to double damages, to be recovered before any court having jurisdiction.
MS Code § 77-9-373 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 77 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 9 - Railroads and Other Common Carriers|Article 3 - Railroads and Railroad Corporations|Rates|§ 77-9-373. Civil damages recoverable from railroad guilty of extortion

 A party injured may recover of a railroad corporation or the person managing a railroad who is guilty of extortion as defined in Section 77-9-371, twice the amount of damages sustained by the overcharge or discrimination, as the case may be.
MS Code § 77-9-431 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 77 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 9 - Railroads and Other Common Carriers|Article 3 - Railroads and Railroad Corporations|Accidents; Liability in Tort|§ 77-9-431. Notice of accidents

 Each railroad shall report accidents to the Mississippi Department of Transportation in the same manner, and utilizing forms which provide the same information, as required for accident reports by the Federal Railroad Act. The same damage thresholds prerequisite to reports under the Federal Railroad Act shall apply with respect to the making of reports to the Mississippi Department of Transportation.
MS Code § 77-9-435 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 77 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 9 - Railroads and Other Common Carriers|Article 3 - Railroads and Railroad Corporations|Accidents; Liability in Tort|§ 77-9-435. Railroads liable for negligence and mismanagement of employees, and mismanagement of engines

 Every railroad company shall be liable for all damages which may be sustained by any person in consequence of the neglect or mismanagement of any of its agents, engineers or clerks, or in consequence of the mismanagement of its engines.
MS Code § 77-9-481 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 77 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 9 - Railroads and Other Common Carriers|Article 3 - Railroads and Railroad Corporations|Administration and Enforcement|§ 77-9-481. Duties of railroad inspectors

 The inspectors, employed pursuant to the authority granted in Section 65-1-173, shall be responsible for enforcing and investigating all violations of the railroad laws, and the rules, regulations and general orders of the Mississippi Transportation Commission promulgated thereunder. In the performance of their duties such employees shall give particular attention to the enforcement of the commission's safety rules and regulations; blocking of rights-of-way; the inspection of all equipment, rights-of-way, roadbed and tracks; and the requirement respecting certificate of public convenience and necessity, permits or other laws affecting the operation of the railroad.
MS Code § 77-9-483 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 77 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 9 - Railroads and Other Common Carriers|Article 3 - Railroads and Railroad Corporations|Administration and Enforcement|§ 77-9-483. Training of railroad inspectors

 After selection the inspectors shall go through thirty (30) days of intensive instruction of the laws of this state pertaining to the State Tax Commission, the Department of Public Safety, and the State Mississippi Department of Transportation, together with rules and regulations of all of these departments and the laws of this state pertaining to arrests.
MS Code § 77-9-485 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 77 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 9 - Railroads and Other Common Carriers|Article 3 - Railroads and Railroad Corporations|Administration and Enforcement|§ 77-9-485. Authority of railroad inspectors

 All inspectors on duty shall wear uniforms as prescribed by the Mississippi Transportation Commission, shall have the right to bear arms, and shall have authority to make arrests, and to stop and hold any train and the contents thereof which is being operated in violation of the railroad laws or the commission's rules, regulations or general orders promulgated thereunder. No train shall be stopped except by order of the commission or by any member thereof.
MS Code § 77-9-487 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 77 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 9 - Railroads and Other Common Carriers|Article 3 - Railroads and Railroad Corporations|Administration and Enforcement|§ 77-9-487. Purchase of necessary equipment authorized

 The Mississippi Transportation Commission is hereby authorized and empowered to purchase all necessary equipment to enforce the provisions of the railroad laws of the State of Mississippi and to pay for the same out of the "Mississippi Transportation Commission Regulation Fund."
MS Code § 77-9-489 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 77 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 9 - Railroads and Other Common Carriers|Article 3 - Railroads and Railroad Corporations|Administration and Enforcement|§ 77-9-489. Payment of salaries and expenses from commission's regulation fund; funding of agency expenses; deposit of monies into State General Fund

 The salaries of all employees authorized to enforce the provisions of the railroad laws, and the reasonable and necessary expenses of such employees, shall be paid out of the special fund in the State Treasury designated as the commission's regulation fund upon the requisition and warrant in the manner provided by law. An itemized account shall be kept of all receipts and expenditures and reported to the Legislature by the commission.   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 § 77-9-491 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 77 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 9 - Railroads and Other Common Carriers|Article 3 - Railroads and Railroad Corporations|Administration and Enforcement|§ 77-9-491. Cooperation with other state agencies authorized

 For the purpose of administering and enforcing the provisions of the railroad laws, the public service commission shall have the power, and is directed to cooperate with and use the services of the members of the highway safety patrol and the inspectors employed by the motor vehicle comptroller. However, in utilizing such personnel the commission shall not interfere with or impede the performance of such personnel of the duties and responsibilities otherwise assigned to them.
MS Code § 77-9-501 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 77 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 9 - Railroads and Other Common Carriers|Article 3 - Railroads and Railroad Corporations|Railroad Police Officers|§ 77-9-501. Short title

 Sections 77-9-501 through 77-9-517 shall be cited as "The Mississippi Railroad Police Law of 1976."
MS Code § 77-9-503 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 77 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 9 - Railroads and Other Common Carriers|Article 3 - Railroads and Railroad Corporations|Railroad Police Officers|§ 77-9-503. Definitions

 For purposes of Sections 77-9-501 through 77-9-517, unless the context requires otherwise, the following terms shall have the meanings ascribed herein:   "Railroad" means a common carrier by railroad.   "Qualified person" means a person who:   has met all the educational and training requirements for railroad police in this state which shall be approved by the Mississippi Law Enforcement Training Academy; and   is of good moral character and has not been convicted of any crime involving moral turpitude.
MS Code § 77-9-505 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 77 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 9 - Railroads and Other Common Carriers|Article 3 - Railroads and Railroad Corporations|Railroad Police Officers|§ 77-9-505. Appointment of officers; oath; identification; exercise of powers of arrest and right to bear firearms

  Upon request by the chief police officer of any railroad located wholly or partially within this state, the Commissioner of Public Safety may appoint and commission as a railroad police officer any qualified person named by such chief police officer; provided, however, that the Commissioner of Public Safety may refuse to appoint or may rescind the appointment of anyone. Any such railroad police officer so appointed shall at all times be answerable and responsible to the Commissioner of Public Safety.   A railroad police 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 recorded in the office of the Commissioner of Public Safety.   A railroad police officer appointed and commissioned pursuant to the provisions of Sections 77-9-501 through 77-9-517 shall, while engaged in the performance of his duties, carry on his person a badge identifying him as a police officer of the railroad and an identification card issued by the railroad and countersigned by the Commissioner of Public Safety. When in uniform each such railroad police officer shall wear his badge in plain view.   A railroad policeman 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 offenses committed against property owned by or in the possession of the railroad or against any person arising out of an offense committed against said railroad on railroad property, or against any employee of the railroad engaged in the performance of his duties. Railroad property for the purposes of Sections 77-9-501 through 77-9-517 shall be construed to mean only property owned by or in possession of the railroad on railroad rights-of-way or switching yards. 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.   Any person who is trained as a railroad police officer at the Mississippi Law Enforcement Training Academy shall be required to pay at least an amount equal to the per student cost of operation of said academy as tuition.
MS Code § 77-9-507 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 77 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 9 - Railroads and Other Common Carriers|Article 3 - Railroads and Railroad Corporations|Railroad Police Officers|§ 77-9-507. Handling of persons arrested by officers

 A person arrested by a railroad police officer shall be forthwith taken to the sheriff of the county in which the offense was committed. Such person arrested shall then be handled or processed and accorded the same treatment as persons arrested by any other police officer of this state. After the delivery of the arrested person to the sheriff, the railroad police officer shall have no further authority as to the custody or prosecution of such arrested person.