Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 77 - PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS (§§ 77-1-1 — 77-NEW-NEW-004) › Chapter 7 - MOTOR CARRIERS (§§ 77-7-1 — 77-7-345) › ADMINISTRATION AND ENFORCEMENT (§§ 77-7-330 — 77-7-345) › Section 77-7-330 - Commercial Transportation Enforcement Division of the Department of Public Safety to have jurisdiction over enforcement of the provisions of this chapter on Mississippi roads, streets and highways

(1)
From and after July 1, 2021, the department, through the division, shall have jurisdiction over all matters of enforcement of the provisions of this chapter on the roads, streets and highways of this state and shall prescribe such rules and regulations as are necessary therefor. The jurisdiction and authority of the department under this section shall be in addition to any other jurisdiction and authority provided to the department under any other law. The powers and duties related to the administration of this chapter which do not concern enforcement on the roads, streets and highways of this state shall remain with the commission.
(2)
On July 1, 2021, the Mississippi Department of Transportation and/or the commission shall transfer to the department the employees, equipment, inventory, size and weights, computer systems, IFTA, grants, stationary and portable weigh stations, support staff, weigh-in-motion scales and vehicles, state and federal funding, and resources used to enforce the provisions of this chapter on the roads, streets and highways of this state. The department shall consult and work with the Bureau of Building, Grounds and Real Property of the Department of Finance and Administration for the effective transfer to the department of any office space that was assigned for the use of the enforcement of the provisions of this chapter on the roads, streets and highways of this state, except the office space used by the Enforcement Division of the Department of Transportation located within the Billy McCoy Office Building in Jackson, Mississippi.
(3)
Any reference in any statute, rule or regulation to law enforcement duties being performed by the commission or the Mississippi Department of Transportation requiring the use of vehicles to enforce shall be construed to mean law enforcement duties being performed by the division.
(4)
The Mississippi State Personnel Board PIN numbers the Mississippi Department of Transportation has assigned to persons in law enforcement and support of enforcement of this chapter at the time of the transfer shall be transferred over to the department. The transfer of personnel shall be commensurate with the number and classification of positions allocated to that law enforcement. All salaries and benefits shall remain the same until further agreement. Rank and structure shall be revised through the division as is practical for proper supervision. All transferred personnel shall possess the same state service protections with the Mississippi State Personnel Board that they possessed before the transfer.
(5)
All accrued personal leave earned pursuant to Section
25-3-93
, accrued major medical leave earned pursuant to Section
25-3-95
, accrued state compensatory leave balances earned pursuant to Section
25-3-92
, and compensatory leave earned pursuant to the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) shall transfer from the Mississippi Department of Transportation to the Department of Public Safety for all employees transferred to the department under this chapter.
Added by Laws, 2021, ch. 478, SB 2825,§ 1, eff. 7/1/2021.