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MS Code § 77-5-801 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 77 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 5 - Electric Power|Article 17 - Municipal and County Utility Safety Incentive Programs|§ 77-5-801. Definitions

 For the purposes of this article, the following words shall have the meaning ascribed herein unless the context shall otherwise require:   "Municipal utility" means any municipality of the State of Mississippi and any board, commission or other governing or supervisory body created by law, ordinance or resolution, that includes in its operations a system for the distribution of electric power from a federal agency, as defined in Section 77-5-403(h), that both owns the generation and transmission facilities for the sale of electric power; and shall include any county utility that includes in its operation an electric system operated under the Local Governmental Power Development Under Laws of 1934, as provided in Sections 77-5-301 through 77-5-315, and any municipal utility operating under the provisions of Chapter 27 of Title 21.   "Safety incentive" means any award in the form of cash, property or other remuneration rendered on a contingent and prospective basis and available to all employees of a municipal utility whose governing body has adopted a safety incentive program that provides the incentive on a contingent and prospective basis subject to the municipal utility achieving certain safety goals prescribed by the governing body.
MS Code § 77-5-803 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 77 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 5 - Electric Power|Article 17 - Municipal and County Utility Safety Incentive Programs|§ 77-5-803. Authorization of safety incentive program; form of incentive; eligibility for incentives; sources of funding for payment of incentives

 A municipal utility as defined in this article may adopt a safety incentive program and may pay safety incentives from the revenues of the municipal utility, but not from tax revenues, subject to the following conditions and limitations:   The safety incentive shall be in the form of contingent compensation which shall be established prospectively before the commencement of the time period for which certain safety goals are to be in effect and in such levels and amounts as prescribed under eligibility standards established by the municipal utility. The safety incentives may be in the form of cash, property, merchandise certificates or other forms of award.   No tax revenues of the municipality may be used for payment of the safety incentive, and all safety incentives shall be payable only from revenues received from the sale of utility services and matching funds obtained pursuant to paragraph (e) of this section.   All employees of the municipal utility shall be eligible to receive safety incentives upon the municipal utility achieving its prescribed goals.   The aggregate amount payable from the revenues of the municipal utility in the form of safety incentives shall not exceed the sum of One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) annually per employee; however, this limitation shall be increased in an amount equal to the percentage increase in the Consumer Price Index, as established by the United States Department of Labor, with the January, 1995, index to be used as the base month and year for calculating increases.   Any safety incentive program adopted by a municipal utility shall be conditioned upon an amount not less than fifty percent (50%) of the aggregate value of safety incentive awards being derived from nonpublic sources such as, without limiting the scope of qualifying, nonpublic sources, private foundations, corporations, nonprofit organizations, insurance companies, associations, cooperatives, and other private sources; however, any matching funds received by grants or awards from any federal agency, as defined in Section 77-5-403(h), may be used for matching purposes. This paragraph (e) shall not apply to a municipal utility located in a city which has a state-supported institution of higher learning within its corporate limits and which is located on the Tennessee-Tombigbee River.
MS Code § 77-7-1 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 77 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 7 - Motor Carriers|General Provisions|§ 77-7-1. Short title

 This chapter may be cited as the "Mississippi Motor Carrier Regulatory Law of 1938."
MS Code § 77-7-3 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 77 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 7 - Motor Carriers|General Provisions|§ 77-7-3. Declaration of public policy; application of chapter

 It is hereby declared to be the policy of the legislature to regulate motor carriers in the public interest to the end that the safety and welfare of the public in its use of the highways and of the transportation agencies by motor vehicle used thereon may be practiced; that the property of the state in its highways may be protected from unreasonable, improper and excessive use; that the inherent advantages of highway transportation may be recognized and preserved; that sound economic conditions in such transportation and among such carriers may be fostered; that the service by motor carriers may be adequate, economical, and efficient; that reasonable charges may be made therefor, without unjust discriminations, undue preferences or advantages, and unfair or destructive competitive practices; that relations between motor carriers and other carriers may be improved and coordinated; and that cooperation may be maintained with the governments of the United States and the several states, and with their duly authorized officials in carrying out the purposes and provisions of this chapter. This chapter shall apply to persons and motor vehicles engaged in interstate commerce to the extent permitted by the Constitution and laws of the United States and as provided herein.
MS Code § 77-7-5 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 77 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 7 - Motor Carriers|General Provisions|§ 77-7-5. Construction of chapter

  Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to relieve any person from the payment of any licenses, fees, taxes or levies now or hereafter imposed by law.   Nothing in this chapter shall apply to transportation network companies or transportation network company drivers as defined in Section 77-8-1 or any activity regulated in Chapter 8, Title 77.   Neither this chapter nor any provision thereof shall apply or be construed to apply to commerce with foreign nations, or commerce among the several states of the union, except insofar as the same may be permitted under the provisions of the Constitution of the United States and the Acts of Congress.
MS Code § 77-7-9 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 77 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 7 - Motor Carriers|General Provisions|§ 77-7-9. Qualifications upon definition of "common carrier by motor vehicle" and "contract carrier by motor vehicle."

 The term "common carrier by motor vehicle," as defined in subsection (e) of Section 77-7-7, and the term "contract carrier by motor vehicle," as defined in subsection (f) of Section 77-7-7, shall not include:   Motor vehicles employed to transport school children and teachers; motor vehicles transporting people where not more than seven (7) passengers are carried; motor vehicles used for transporting workers to and from any factory, railroad shop, mill or agricultural enterprise located in this state; and motor vehicles used in vanpooling as the term is defined in subsection (m) of Section 77-7-7.   Trolley buses operated by electric power derived from fixed overhead wire, furnishing local passenger transportation similar to street railway service.   Motor vehicles engaged exclusively in hauling for the Mississippi Department of Transportation, or for any county, city or town in this state.   Motor vehicles engaged in the transportation of passengers and household goods wholly within a municipality, except when the transportation is under a common control, management or arrangement for a continuous carriage or shipment to or from a point without the municipality, municipalities or zone.   Motor vehicles operated by a bona fide regularly licensed merchant, manufacturer or dealer in this state transporting merchandise or other commodities owned by the merchant, manufacturer or dealer in his or her own motor vehicle.   Buses. Motor vehicles owned or chartered by all schools and colleges, religious or charitable associations or institutions, or governmental agencies, when used to convey their athletic teams, orchestras, or other scholastic, religious or charitable organizations or employees on temporary trips through or in this state, and motor vehicles transporting students on guided tours through or in this state. This exemption shall not be construed to apply to motor vehicles or buses transporting persons that operate on a fixed schedule through this state for compensation or for hire.   Any person, who by lease or otherwise permits the use of a motor vehicle or vehicles by others, and who furnishes in connection therewith a driver or drivers, either directly or indirectly, or in any manner whatsoever exercises any control, or assumes any responsibility over the operation of the vehicle or vehicles, other than furnishing necessary maintenance during the period of the lease or other device, shall be deemed a "common carrier by motor vehicle," or "contract carrier by motor vehicle" or "restricted motor carrier."
MS Code § 77-7-11 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 77 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 7 - Motor Carriers|General Provisions|§ 77-7-11. Obedience to chapter required

 No motor carrier shall operate any motor vehicle for the transportation of passengers or property for compensation on any highway in this state, except in accordance with the provisions of this chapter, and every such motor carrier is hereby declared to be subject to control, supervision and regulation by the commission. Nothing in this chapter shall confer any proprietary or property rights in the use of the public highways.
MS Code § 77-7-15 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 77 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 7 - Motor Carriers|General Provisions|§ 77-7-15. Promulgation of order, rules, regulations and requirements by commission

 The commission shall prescribe, issue, amend and rescind such reasonable rules and regulations as may be reasonably necessary or appropriate to carry out the provisions of this chapter. No rule or regulation shall be effective until thirty (30) days after copies of the proposed rule or regulation have been mailed to intrastate motor carriers affected thereby and until a notice, setting forth the terms or substance thereof and the time and place of a hearing thereon, has been published in a newspaper or newspapers of general circulation in the state and filed with the Secretary of State pursuant to the Mississippi Administrative Procedures Law. Such hearing may be held at any time after twenty (20) days following the date of publication of such notice, but such rules or regulations shall not become effective until a hearing thereon. The commission may make its initial set of rules and regulations effective at the end of such thirty-day period, subject to review thereof. All rules and regulations of the commission shall be filed with its secretary and shall be readily available for public inspection and examination during reasonable business hours. Any interested person shall have the right to petition the commission for issuance, amendment or repeal of a rule or regulation.
MS Code § 77-7-17 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 77 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 7 - Motor Carriers|General Provisions|§ 77-7-17. Prohibited interests of commissioners and employees

 No member of the commission, and no employee of the commission appointed or employed in the administration of this chapter, shall in any manner have pecuniary interest in, own any securities of, or hold any position with any motor carrier.
MS Code § 77-7-21 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 77 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 7 - Motor Carriers|General Provisions|§ 77-7-21. Engagement in intrastate operation by restricted motor carriers

 No restricted motor carrier not exempted in this chapter shall engage in intrastate operation on any highway within the state unless such carrier is in compliance with the requirements of the laws and regulations of the commission.
MS Code § 77-7-23 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 77 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 7 - Motor Carriers|General Provisions|§ 77-7-23. Promulgation of regulations governing restricted motor carriers

 The commission shall promulgate rules, regulations and procedures for the regulation of minimum amounts of financial responsibility relating to insurance requirements and self-insurance authorization, safety of operations and appointment of agents of service of process for restricted motor carriers.
MS Code § 77-7-25 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 77 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 7 - Motor Carriers|General Provisions|§ 77-7-25. Exemption of certain commercial motor vehicles from federal regulations; exceptions

 Notwithstanding the provisions of this chapter to the contrary, Parts 390 through 397, Title 49, Code of Federal Regulations, shall not apply to commercial motor vehicles operated in intrastate commerce to transport property which have a gross vehicle weight rating or gross combination weight rating of twenty-six thousand (26,000) pounds or less. The exception provided by this section shall not apply to vehicles transporting hazardous materials required to be placarded, or to vehicles designed to transport sixteen (16) or more passengers, including the driver, as defined in Title 49 of the Code of Federal Regulations.
MS Code § 77-7-41 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 77 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 7 - Motor Carriers|Certificates of Public Convenience and Necessity; Permits; Interstate Permits|§ 77-7-41. Certificates of public convenience and necessity required

 No common carrier by motor vehicle not exempted in this chapter shall engage in intrastate operation on any highway within the state unless there is in force with respect to such carrier, a certificate of public convenience and necessity issued by the commission authorizing such operation. Any certificates of public convenience and necessity issued by the commission prior to March 8, 2018, are hereby ratified and adopted as valid and enforceable just as if they had been issued after March 8, 2018.   All certificates of public convenience and necessity issued under this chapter shall be exempt from ad valorem taxation.
MS Code § 77-7-43 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 77 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 7 - Motor Carriers|Certificates of Public Convenience and Necessity; Permits; Interstate Permits|§ 77-7-43. Application for certificate

 Applications for a certificate shall be made in writing, shall be verified under oath, shall be in the form and shall contain the information as the commission may require.
MS Code § 77-7-45 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 77 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 7 - Motor Carriers|Certificates of Public Convenience and Necessity; Permits; Interstate Permits|§ 77-7-45. Hearing on application for certificate; disposition

  Upon the filing of an application for a certificate of public convenience and necessity the commission shall notify the applicant and other parties known to have a substantial interest in the application of the time and place for a public hearing, not less than twenty (20) days prior thereto, and shall hear and determine the application within a reasonable length of time. In determining whether the certificate shall be granted, the commission shall, among other things, give due consideration to the present transportation facilities over the proposed route of the applicant, the volume of traffic over the route, the financial condition of the applicant, and the condition of the highway over the proposed route, or routes.   If the commission shall find the proposed operation justified, and that the applicant is fit, willing and able to perform properly the services proposed and to conform to the provisions of this chapter and the requirements, rules and regulations of the commission, it shall issue a certificate to the applicant, subject to terms, limitations and restrictions as the commission may deem proper, authorizing in whole or in part the operations covered by the application. If the commission shall find the proposed operation not justified, the application shall be denied.   Notwithstanding any provision of this section to the contrary, the certificate 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 § 77-7-47 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 77 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 7 - Motor Carriers|Certificates of Public Convenience and Necessity; Permits; Interstate Permits|§ 77-7-47. Temporary certificates

 If the commission should decide that an emergency exists at any time, said commission is hereby authorized and empowered to issue a temporary certificate of convenience and necessity or temporary contract carrier permit to fit applicants, and the State Tax Commission is hereby authorized to collect inspection fees and issue temporary identification credentials to any owner or operator to whom a temporary certificate of convenience and necessity or a temporary contract carrier permit has been issued by the Public Service Commission. The State Tax Commission is also hereby authorized to issue to holders of temporary certificates of convenience and necessity or temporary contract carrier permits the necessary road and bridge privilege license tax temporary permits in the same manner as temporary or seasonal permits are now issued under the provisions of Chapter 19 of Title 27, Mississippi Code of 1972. No temporary certificate of convenience and necessity or contract carrier permit shall be issued by the commission for a period of time less than one (1) month or longer than six (6) months. Reissue of such certificate or permit is hereby authorized if, in the opinion of the commission, such is justified.
MS Code § 77-7-49 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 77 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 7 - Motor Carriers|Certificates of Public Convenience and Necessity; Permits; Interstate Permits|§ 77-7-49. Permits required

 No contract carrier by motor vehicle, not exempted in this chapter, shall engage in intrastate operation on any highway within the state unless there is in force with respect to such carrier a permit issued by the commission, authorizing such operation.   All permits issued under this chapter shall be exempt from ad valorem taxation.
MS Code § 77-7-51 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 77 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 7 - Motor Carriers|Certificates of Public Convenience and Necessity; Permits; Interstate Permits|§ 77-7-51. Application for permit; disposition

  Applications for permits shall be made to the commission in writing, shall be verified under oath, shall be in the form and contain the information as the commission may by regulation require. A permit shall be issued to any qualified applicant therefor authorizing in whole or in part, the operations covered by the application, if it appears from the applications or from any hearing held thereon, that the applicant is fit, willing, and able to perform properly the service of a contract carrier by motor vehicle, and to conform to the provisions of this chapter and the lawful requirements, rules and regulations of the commission thereunder, and that the proposed operation, to the extent authorized by the permit, will be consistent with the public interest and the policy declared in Section 77-7-3; otherwise, the application shall be denied.   The commission shall specify in the permit the business of the contract carrier covered thereby, and the scope thereof, and shall attach to it, at the time of issuance, and from time to time thereafter, reasonable terms, conditions and limitations consistent with the character of the holder as a contract carrier that are necessary to carry out, with respect to the operations of the carrier, the requirements established by the commission under authority of this chapter. However, no terms, conditions or limitations shall restrict the right of the carrier to substitute or add contracts within the scope of the permit, or to add to his, or her or its equipment or facilities, within the scope of permit, as the development of the business and the demands of the public may require.   Notwithstanding any provision of this section to the contrary, the certificate 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 § 77-7-53 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 77 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 7 - Motor Carriers|Certificates of Public Convenience and Necessity; Permits; Interstate Permits|§ 77-7-53. Permit, certificate of convenience and necessity, or other authority for interstate carriers; receipts

  It is unlawful for any motor carrier to use any of the public highways of this state for the transportation of persons or property, or both, in interstate commerce, without first having obtained a certificate of convenience and necessity, permit or other authority from the Interstate Commerce Commission and having obtained from the carrier's single registration state a receipt showing that the registration fees for the State of Mississippi have been paid.   Interstate motor carriers shall be held subject to rules and regulations as the commission may legally prescribe; however, it is not intended to give the commission any right or power to impose upon or exact from any applicant any general revenue tax of any nature.   All interstate receipts issued under this chapter shall be exempt from ad valorem taxation.
MS Code § 77-7-55 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 77 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 7 - Motor Carriers|Certificates of Public Convenience and Necessity; Permits; Interstate Permits|§ 77-7-55. Fees for certificates and permits

 Upon the filing of an application for a certificate of convenience and necessity, the applicant shall deposit with the commission as a fee, the sum of Fifty Dollars ($50.00), and for the transfer, sale, assignment or lease of such certificate, the sum of Fifty Dollars ($50.00), and for the issuance of a duplicate certificate, the sum of Two Dollars ($2.00).   Upon the filing of an application for a permit as a contract carrier, the applicant shall deposit with the commission as a fee for the issuance thereof, the sum of Fifty Dollars ($50.00), and for the issuance of a duplicate permit, the sum of Two Dollars ($2.00).   All of the fees provided for by this section shall be paid by the commission into the State Treasury to be there placed in the special fund designated by the commission. The fees herein provided for respecting applications for certificates, permits and for the approval of sale, transfer, lease or assignment may not be returned to an applicant after the application has been processed.