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MS Code § 65-1-7 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 65 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 1 - Transportation Department|Article 1 - In General|§ 65-1-7. Compensation of the commissioners

 The three (3) commissioners chosen as herein provided, and their successors, shall each receive as compensation for their services salaries fixed by the Legislature, and in addition shall be allowed all of their actual and necessary traveling and other expenses incurred in the performance of their respective official duties.
MS Code § 65-1-8.1 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 65 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 1 - Transportation Department|Article 1 - In General|§ 65-1-8.1. Commission may allow for erection of welcome and recognition signs adjacent to state highways within unincorporated areas of a county

  The Mississippi Transportation Commission may allow for the erection of welcome, recognition and acknowledgement signs that are adjacent to state highways within an unincorporated area of a county and maintained by public officers or elected officials of counties while carrying out an official duty or responsibility. The local jurisdiction shall be required to purchase and pay the cost of maintaining such signs which shall conform to the requirements of similar signs that are placed by incorporated areas in accordance with rules adopted by the commission and the Mississippi Department of Transportation. The erection of welcome, recognition and acknowledgment signs in areas on or adjacent to freeways or interstate highways is prohibited.   The Mississippi Transportation Commission shall promulgate rules and regulations to carry out the provisions of this section.
MS Code § 65-1-8.2 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 65 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 1 - Transportation Department|Article 1 - In General|§ 65-1-8.2. Commission may allow erection of certain signs for member institutions of the Mississippi Association of Independent Colleges and Universities; institution must purchase and pay the costs of erecting and maintaining signs

  The Mississippi Transportation Commission may allow for the erection of signs for member institutions of the Mississippi Association of Independent Colleges and Universities that display the name and emblem of such institutions that are similar to signs erected for public state institutions of higher learning. The institutions for which the signs are erected shall be required to purchase and pay the cost of erecting and maintaining such signs which shall conform to the requirements of similar signs that are erected for public state institutions of higher learning.   The Mississippi Transportation Commission shall promulgate rules and regulations to carry out the provisions of this section.
MS Code § 65-1-11 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 65 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 1 - Transportation Department|Article 1 - In General|§ 65-1-11. Chief Engineer and other employees

 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 executive director of the department with such powers and duties as may be prescribed by the commission. The chief engineer shall give bond in the sum of Fifty Thousand Dollars ($50,000.00) in some surety company authorized to do business in this state, which bond shall be conditioned upon the faithful performance and discharge of his duties. The principal and surety on such bond shall be liable thereunder to the State of Mississippi for double the amount of the value of any money or property which the state may lose, if any, by reason of any wrongful or criminal act of such engineer. The term of office of the chief engineer shall be for a period of four (4) years, unless sooner removed as hereinafter provided, and he shall be eligible for reappointment. The first term of office, however, shall extend from the date of appointment until the first Monday of January 1952.
MS Code § 65-1-13 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 65 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 1 - Transportation Department|Article 1 - In General|§ 65-1-13. Deputy executive director for administration

  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, but not be limited to, the execution on behalf of the executive director of contracts approved by the commission and other documents. The appointment of such deputy executive director for administration and the powers specified by the commission must be spread upon the minutes of the commission to become effective.   The commission may issue powers of attorney to individuals as may be recommended by the executive director to execute any documents on behalf of the commission and the executive director as the commission considers appropriate to facilitate the efficient implementation of its duties and responsibilities; however, a power of attorney issued under this subsection shall not authorize the execution of contracts approved by the commission. Powers of attorney issued under this subsection shall specify the limits of the authority to execute documents granted by them. The duration of such powers of attorney shall be for the term of office of the commission that issued them. Such powers of attorney may be revoked by the commission at any time.
MS Code § 65-1-15 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 65 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 1 - Transportation Department|Article 1 - In General|§ 65-1-15. Secretary of the commission

 The Mississippi Transportation Commission shall employ a secretary whose salary shall be fixed by the commission and shall require the secretary to keep the proper minute books, order books and other proper books. The secretary shall be the custodian of all books, records or other papers of the department. All of such books, records and papers shall be public records and open to inspection by the public during business hours. Each of the commissioners, the Executive Director and the secretary may make certified copies of any proceedings of the department, any of its books or papers, or extracts therefrom. Such copy shall bear the signature of the officer giving it and also the seal of the Mississippi Department of Transportation, and such copies shall be admitted in evidence equally with the originals thereof in all courts of this state. Each of the commissioners and the executive director may take and hear testimony. The seal shall be the coat of arms of the State of Mississippi, surrounded by the words "Mississippi Department of Transportation". In the event that the original seal should be stolen, lost or misplaced, the commission shall have the power to secure a duplicate seal. The secretary shall be the custodian of the seal and shall do and perform all other things which may be properly required of him by the executive director or commission. He shall give bond in the sum of not less than Fifty Thousand Dollars ($50,000.00), conditioned as required by law. Except for warrant requisitions drawn in accordance with the provisions of Section 65-1-115, Mississippi Code of 1972, all proceedings of the commission shall be entered upon the minutes of the commission in a minute book to be provided and kept for that purpose, which minutes shall be signed by the chairman or acting chairman of the respective meetings and by the secretary. The pages of the minute book shall be numbered consecutively by the bookmaker. The secretary of the commission shall be an ex officio notary public, authorized to administer oaths and take acknowledgments in the same manner and to the same extent as any other duly appointed, qualified, commissioned and acting notary public, and the seal of the Transportation Department shall be his seal as such ex officio notary public. The bond premium of the secretary shall be paid from any funds available to the commission.
MS Code § 65-1-17 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 65 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 1 - Transportation Department|Article 1 - In General|§ 65-1-17. Rental of office space in buildings not owned by the state

 In the event the department needs additional office space which cannot be provided either in state office buildings, or other state-owned buildings, the commission is hereby authorized to rent, on an annual or month-to-month basis on such terms as it may determine to be proper, such office space as may be necessary.
MS Code § 65-1-20 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 65 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 1 - Transportation Department|Article 1 - In General|§ 65-1-20. Office of Intermodal Planning

 The Office of Intermodal Planning in the Mississippi Department of Transportation shall have the following responsibilities with respect to all ports in this state that are not state ports:   Study and coordinate efforts designed to promote the development of the navigable waters in the State of Mississippi for water transportation.   Encourage and coordinate the development of river and deep-sea ports and harbor facilities, both new and existing.   Recommend to the proper officials recreational restrictions in critical commercial navigation areas in order to promote public safety and expedite water transportation.   Intercede on behalf of and represent the State of Mississippi in matters pertaining to the application of fees, tolls or user charges levied or contemplated to be levied against the water transportation industry engaged in either intrastate or interstate water commerce.   Receive and use any federal, state or private funds, donations and grants made available for the development, use and expansion of water transportation resources of this state; provided that nothing herein shall be deemed to deny or prohibit any municipal, county, port authority or commission or other governmental or private agency or authority from accepting such donations and grants they are now authorized by law to receive.   Assist all state agencies such as the Department of Economic and Community Development, the Department of Environmental Quality, and others on any matters pertaining to and concerning the water transportation industry.   Compile and provide, where necessary, the capabilities of the Mississippi ports and harbor facilities with respect to equipment, systems or types of products handled, economic benefits, job creation, capital investments, and other pertinent data, including studies and planning for the expansion to further the development of the facilities and the water transportation industry in general.   Provide, where necessary, any and all information and data, both individually and/or collectively, to the Legislature, through the Executive Director of the Mississippi Department of Transportation, for the ports and waterways industry within the state.   Assist in the formation and presentation of any legislation to promote the development and growth of the waterway industry in the State of Mississippi.   No provision of this section shall be construed to give any state agency control over local port commissions or authorities or change any existing laws that such port commissions or authorities presently enjoy to conduct and develop the water transportation industry, and such existing laws shall not be preempted by this section. No provision of this section shall be construed to authorize any diversion from local port commissions or authorities of fees, funds, donations, grants or monies to which such commissions or authorities are otherwise entitled.
MS Code § 65-1-21 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 65 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 1 - Transportation Department|Article 1 - In General|§ 65-1-21. District offices

  The permanent district offices for the Office of Highways of the Mississippi Department of Transportation and for the repair and housing of the equipment and vehicles of the department provided for in paragraph (m) of Section 65-1-8, Mississippi Code of 1972, shall be at the following locations:   For the Northern District: At or near Batesville and at or near Tupelo.   For the Central District: At or near Yazoo City and at or near Newton.   For the Southern District: At or near McComb and at or near Hattiesburg.     The Northern District Office at or near Tupelo is designated and shall be known as the "Roy Clark Adams District Office." The Department of Transportation shall erect and maintain an appropriate sign or placque designating such office.
MS Code § 65-1-23 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 65 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 1 - Transportation Department|Article 1 - In General|§ 65-1-23. Testing laboratory, machine shops, etc.

 The State Highway Commission is hereby authorized and empowered, in its discretion, to erect and construct upon the land hereinafter described a testing laboratory, machine shops, and other necessary buildings, and to expend for such purpose an amount not to exceed Three Hundred Thousand Dollars ($300,000.00) out of any funds which may be available for such purpose in the state highway fund.   The State Building Commission is hereby authorized, empowered, and directed to select a suitable tract of land, ten acres in area, from any state-owned lands located in or near the City of Jackson, Mississippi, and not now being used for public purposes. The laboratory shops and other buildings specified in this section shall be erected on the land so selected, which said land is hereby set aside and allocated to the State Highway Commission for the purposes herein specified.
MS Code § 65-1-25 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 65 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 1 - Transportation Department|Article 1 - In General|§ 65-1-25. Contract for maintenance of connections on highways near state boundaries

 The Mississippi Transportation Commission is hereby authorized and empowered to enter into or ratify agreements with the transportation departments of the adjoining states for the construction or maintenance, or both, of connections on any part of the interstate highway system, state designated highway system or state aid road system at or near the boundaries of the State of Mississippi, the cost of such construction and maintenance to be apportioned between the states according to the benefits to be derived by each of the states as determined by such agreements.   The powers conferred by this section are supplemental to the powers of the commission now provided by law.
MS Code § 65-1-27 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 65 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 1 - Transportation Department|Article 1 - In General|§ 65-1-27. Contract for maintenance of connections between interstate and state system highways and county roads or streets

 The Mississippi Transportation Commission is hereby authorized and empowered to enter into or ratify cooperative agreements with the various counties and municipalities in any county through which any of the highways on the interstate highway system, the state designated highway system or the state aid road system may traverse for the construction or maintenance, or both, of connections between such systems and county roads or streets of the municipalities, or interconnections between such systems, the cost of the construction and maintenance of such connections to be apportioned between the Transportation Commission and the county or municipality according to the benefits to be derived by each as determined by such agreement or agreements.   The powers conferred by this section are supplemental to the powers of the commission now provided by law.
MS Code § 65-1-29 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 65 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 1 - Transportation Department|Article 1 - In General|§ 65-1-29. Contract with the United States in flood control, drainage, and National Aeronautics and Space Agency projects

 The authority granted the State Highway Commission under provisions of this chapter, shall include the right to enter into agreements with the United States government, or any agency thereof, for the alteration, relocation, reconstruction, or abandonment of state highways or any portion thereof, and conveyance of whatever rights and interests the state owns in property acquired for the purposes of said statutes, or any portion or interest thereof, where the same are necessary for the construction of flood control, navigation, drainage, or National Aeronautics and Space Agency projects approved and adopted by the United States government or any agency thereof.   Upon proper authorization by the State Highway Commission, the director of the State Highway Department is hereby empowered to execute a quitclaim deed selling and conveying the above rights and interests. Said deed shall be delivered to the purchaser upon the payment of the consideration agreed upon, and such consideration shall be deposited in the State Treasury to the credit of the State Highway Fund.   Such agreements and conveyances shall be upon a consideration deemed reasonable by the State Highway Commission and the agency of the United States government affected, provided that no part of this section is intended to alter or change in any way the existing immunity from certain actions of the state or the United States.   The consideration above shall include the expense of creating and maintaining any necessary detours, and the same shall be created and maintained as provided in the above mentioned agreement.
MS Code § 65-1-31 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 65 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 1 - Transportation Department|Article 1 - In General|§ 65-1-31. Certain roads located on levees as temporary state highways

 Whereas, the public convenience requires that certain roads located on levees or within the boundaries of flood control districts created and presently maintained by the federal government, or other governmental authorities, be taken over temporarily by the State Highway Commission, and whereas, the public purpose for which said flood control districts were established requires that such roads be limited to certain widths and restrictions in the public interest, it is the sense of the legislature that the State Highway Commission should be authorized to take over and maintain such roads as temporary state highways, subject to the restrictions imposed by the governmental authorities establishing such flood control districts.   The State Highway Commission, therefore, is hereby authorized to take over and maintain as temporary state highways, for such period and under such terms and conditions as said highway commission may in its discretion prescribe, any road designated by the legislature as a state highway and located on the levee of a flood control district, and in so doing shall not be required to obtain a right of way of more than thirty feet on such type of road, may permit the use of cattle gaps and fencing thereon, and may accept from the federal authorities or other governmental unit having jurisdiction over such flood control district an easement for said road.   The purpose of this section is to enable the state to take over temporarily for maintenance roads designated as state highways located on levees and with less than sixty feet right of way.
MS Code § 65-1-33 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 65 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 1 - Transportation Department|Article 1 - In General|§ 65-1-33. Publicly owned ferries

 The State Highway Commission is hereby authorized to take over, maintain, and operate, as a part of the state highway system under its jurisdiction, any ferry now owned by and operated by, for, or under the authority of any county, county district, or municipality in this state where such ferry is located upon, or is a necessary link of, any designated state highway being maintained by the commission, if such county, county district, or municipality will transfer to said commission all property, real and personal, used by it in the operation of such ferry. In event any such ferries be so taken over by the commission, no toll or fee shall be charged for the use thereof by the public, and all costs of operation and maintenance shall be paid out of the State Highway Maintenance Fund.   Any county, county district, or municipality in this state now owning a ferry which the State Highway Commission may desire to take over under the provisions of this section is hereby authorized to transfer to the State Highway Commission any and all property, real and personal, used by it in the operation of such ferry, without further consideration than the acceptance of the same for public use, pursuant to an order of its governing authority. Any such property so taken over by the commission which may thereafter become unnecessary to the maintenance of traffic over the highway may be disposed of by the commission, in its discretion, and the proceeds paid into the State Highway Maintenance Fund.
MS Code § 65-1-35 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 65 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 1 - Transportation Department|Article 1 - In General|§ 65-1-35. Roads leading to reactivated air bases

 The State Highway Commission is hereby authorized and directed to take over for maintenance and construction, with its own funds, any road formerly maintained as a part of the state highway system leading to an air base, which air base is to be reactivated.
MS Code § 65-1-37 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 65 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 1 - Transportation Department|Article 1 - In General|§ 65-1-37. Driveways of certain institutions

 The Mississippi Transportation Commission is hereby authorized and empowered to have the Mississippi Department of Transportation construct, repair and maintain the driveways and streets on the grounds of the universities and colleges under the jurisdiction of the Board of Trustees of the State Institutions of Higher Learning, state, and/or county supported junior colleges, the state hospitals, and institutions under the jurisdiction of the Board of Trustees of Mental Institutions, the Board of Trustees of the Columbia Training School and the Oakley Youth Development Center, the Mississippi Schools for the Deaf and Blind, and the Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks in the manner provided herein, including bypasses to connect said driveways and streets with roads on the state highway system, and the main thoroughfare running east and west through the grounds of the Mississippi Penitentiary, provided said institutions obtain the necessary rights-of-way, said institutions being hereby authorized so to do.   The Transportation Commission and the governing boards of said institutions shall enter into an agreement prior to undertaking any of the work mentioned in the first paragraph of this section, and said agreement shall be based on the Transportation Department's furnishing equipment, equipment operators, skilled labor, supervision, and engineering services, and the governing bodies of the aforementioned institutions shall furnish material, supplies and common labor. This agreement shall further provide for reimbursement of the Mississippi Department of Transportation, in full, for the expenditures incurred in the construction, repair and maintenance of driveways and streets at the institutions hereinabove mentioned, such reimbursement to be made directly to the Mississippi Transportation Commission from the institutions. Upon the execution of an agreement as set out herein, the Mississippi Department of Transportation may provide all the necessary engineering, supervision, skilled labor, equipment, and equipment operators to perform such work.