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Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 65 - HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES AND FERRIES (§§ 65-1-1 — 65-43-85) › Chapter 1 - TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT (§§ 65-1-1 — 65-1-901) › Article 1 - IN GENERAL (§§ 65-1-1 — 65-1-189) › Section 65-1-65 - Maintenance

It shall be the duty of the State Highway Commission to have the State Highway Department maintain all highways which have been or which may be hereafter taken over by the State Highway Department for maintenance in such a way as to afford convenient, comfortable, and economic use thereof by the public at all times. To this end it shall be the duty of the director, subject to the rules, regulations and orders of the commission as spread on its minutes, to organize an adequate and continuous patrol for the maintenance, repair, and inspection of all of the state-maintained state highway system, so that said highways may be kept under proper maintenance and repair at all times.
Codes, 1930, § 4999; 1942, § 8027; Laws, 1930, ch. 47; Laws, 1938, ch. 199; Laws, 1948, ch. 332, § 10 (first paragraph); Laws, 1949, Ex. Sess. ch. 6, § 14; Laws, 1981, ch. 464, § 12, eff. 7/1/1981.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 65 - HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES AND FERRIES (§§ 65-1-1 — 65-43-85) › Chapter 1 - TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT (§§ 65-1-1 — 65-1-901) › Article 1 - IN GENERAL (§§ 65-1-1 — 65-1-189) › Section 65-1-67 - Edges of certain highways to be trimmed in color and manner conforming to uniform national standards

The State Highway Commission is hereby authorized, empowered, and directed to have the State Highway Department trim with edge lines, of a color and in a manner which conforms with uniform national standards relating thereto which have been adopted by the Federal Highway Administration, the edges of all state-designated hard-surfaced highways which are constructed of asphaltic material, in the interest of public safety on said highways. The commission is authorized and directed to have the highway department utilize its engineers and other highway department employees and to expend available public funds for carrying out the intent and purposes of this section.
Except as necessary to accommodate reconstruction, no road or highway shall be opened for public use until the department has complied with the provisions of this section; however, the Director of the State Highway Department may permit segments of roads under contract for maintenance, construction or reconstruction to be open for public use when temporary center line markings are installed. Roadside pennant signs may be used in place of temporary center line markings in no passing lanes on seal-coated roads. All such temporary center lines or roadside pennant signs shall, as nearly as practicable, be in place before work is discontinued for the day or as soon thereafter as weather conditions permit.
Codes, 1942, § 8027.5; Laws, 1966, ch. 499, § 1; Laws, 1981, ch. 464, § 13; Laws, 1982, ch. 325; Laws, 1986, ch. 411; Laws, 1987, ch. 317, eff. 7/1/1987.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 65 - HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES AND FERRIES (§§ 65-1-1 — 65-43-85) › Chapter 1 - TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT (§§ 65-1-1 — 65-1-901) › Article 1 - IN GENERAL (§§ 65-1-1 — 65-1-189) › Section 65-1-69 - Crossings

Whenever any railroad and state highway or part thereof shall cross each other at the same level and, in the opinion of the State Highway Commission, such crossing is dangerous to public safety or traffic is unreasonably impeded thereby and such crossing should be removed, the State Highway Commission may order such crossing eliminated either by having the State Highway Department carry such state highway under or over the tracks of such railroad.
The plans covering such proposed changes may be made either by the director of the State Highway Department, subject to the approval of the highway commission or the railroad company affected, but shall in either event be approved by both the highway commission and the railroad company before contract is awarded; but such provision shall not be used to unreasonably delay the construction of any proposed structure. When plans have been approved, such proposed work shall be advertised and contract awarded as elsewhere provided in this chapter for the advertising and awarding of contracts. Joint supervision of construction may be had by both the State Highway Department and the railroad company. The state highway commission and the railroad company shall pay equal parts of the cost of any underpass or overpass across the right-of-way of the railroad company. Such work shall be so planned and prosecuted as to allow the safe and regular operations of trains at every stage of the work.
Appeals from decisions or determinations of the State Highway Commission may be made by any party affected under this section, and the procedure for such appeal shall be the same as is provided by law for appeals from decisions and determinations of the boards of supervisors.
Codes, 1930, § 5007; 1942, § 8039; Laws, 1930, ch. 47; Laws, 1948, ch. 332, § 15; Laws, 1981, ch. 464, § 14, eff. 7/1/1981.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 65 - HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES AND FERRIES (§§ 65-1-1 — 65-43-85) › Chapter 1 - TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT (§§ 65-1-1 — 65-1-901) › Article 1 - IN GENERAL (§§ 65-1-1 — 65-1-189) › Section 65-1-70 - Construction of protective devices at railroad crossings

The Mississippi State Highway Department is authorized to construct protective devices or warning devices at or in the vicinity of any railroad crossing of a public highway under the jurisdiction of any county or incorporated municipality, based upon a showing of need resulting from a multidisciplinary study, whenever federal funds are available for such construction. The department is further authorized to supply, out of any available funds in the State Highway Fund, a maximum of one percent (1%) of the funds required for such construction if the county or incorporated municipality in which the construction will be performed complies with the necessary conditions for receipt of the balance of federal matching funds for such construction.
Laws, 1988, ch. 408, § 1, eff. 7/1/1988.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 65 - HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES AND FERRIES (§§ 65-1-1 — 65-43-85) › Chapter 1 - TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT (§§ 65-1-1 — 65-1-901) › Article 1 - IN GENERAL (§§ 65-1-1 — 65-1-189) › Section 65-1-70.5 - Imputation of liability as to protective devices at railroad crossings

The provisions of Section
65-1-70
shall not impute any liability of any kind or nature to the Mississippi State Highway Commission, the Mississippi State Highway Department or its agents, servants or employees.
Laws, 1988, ch. 408, § 2, eff. 7/1/1988.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 65 - HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES AND FERRIES (§§ 65-1-1 — 65-43-85) › Chapter 1 - TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT (§§ 65-1-1 — 65-1-901) › Article 1 - IN GENERAL (§§ 65-1-1 — 65-1-189) › Section 65-1-71 - Detours

The director is hereby authorized to close highways for construction purposes and in emergencies, and shall select, lay out, maintain, and keep in as good repair as possible suitable detours by the most practicable route, where same are necessary for the public convenience while any sections of said highways or roads are being improved or constructed or closed. The director shall place or cause to be placed explicit directions to the traveling public during repair of said highway or road under process of construction. As far as practical roads already laid out shall be connected with and used for such detours.
The director is hereby authorized, subject to the approval of the commission, to enter into agreements, spread on the minutes of both boards, with the local road authorities of the county or counties in which construction or maintenance work is to be done, to pay all or any part of the cost of laying out or maintaining said detours. All expenses to the state of laying out and maintaining said detours shall be paid out of the state highway funds. The director is also authorized, subject to the approval of the commission, to make reasonable rules and regulations to keep highways under construction open to traffic where such action is deemed to be practical and desirable.
If any county-maintained road or municipally-maintained street is used temporarily as a part of a state highway detour, it shall be the duty of the highway department, when said detour is abandoned as such, to place the same in as good condition as said road or street was when its use as a detour began.
Codes, 1930, § 5002; 1942, § 8034; Laws, 1930, ch. 47; Laws, 1948, ch. 332, § 12.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 65 - HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES AND FERRIES (§§ 65-1-1 — 65-43-85) › Chapter 1 - TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT (§§ 65-1-1 — 65-1-901) › Article 1 - IN GENERAL (§§ 65-1-1 — 65-1-189) › Section 65-1-73 - Repair of city streets used as detours for United States highways

The Mississippi State Highway Commission is authorized, in its discretion, to have the state highway department repair any paved city streets used as a detour subsequent to the year 1944 for any United States numbered highway while the same was under construction or reconstruction, provided such paved city streets were marked by the highway commission as such detour. The extent of the repairs authorized hereby shall be to place such streets in as good condition as the same were at the time their use as such detour began, and is supplemental to the authority provided by Section
65-1-71
.
Codes, 1942, § 8034.5; Laws, 1950, ch. 401; Laws, 1981, ch. 464, § 15, eff. 7/1/1981.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 65 - HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES AND FERRIES (§§ 65-1-1 — 65-43-85) › Chapter 1 - TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT (§§ 65-1-1 — 65-1-901) › Article 1 - IN GENERAL (§§ 65-1-1 — 65-1-189) › Section 65-1-77 - Agreements for highway and street projects forming part of overall plan encompassed by Title 23, United States Code

The State Highway Commission and the counties and municipalities of the state are hereby authorized to enter into agreements for highway and street projects which are a part of an overall plan to be administered under the provisions of Title 23, United States Code. Such agreements may provide for traffic engineering assistance to the local governments for the development by the State Highway Department of records systems for local roads and streets. The counties and municipalities of the state are authorized to deposit with the State Highway Department the federal aid matching requirement for the project from any available fund. The county and/or municipal share and the federal share will be handled in the manner provided therefor in Section
65-9-17
. The county will be required to fulfill its obligation for maintenance of any project constructed under this authorization in the same manner required of or for any state aid road. It shall be the duty of the municipal officials of any incorporated city entering into this agreement to properly maintain and operate any completed project or improvement on the municipal street system. It shall be the duty of the chief engineer of the State Highway Department and his assistants to make at least annual maintenance inspections of completed projects and such other periodic inspections as he shall deem necessary. If essential maintenance is not properly and regularly done in the opinion of the chief engineer, then notice shall be given by the director of the State Highway Department in writing to the county or municipality in fault; and, if such maintenance is not done and continued within sixty (60) days from the date of such notice, then the director of the State Highway Department may proceed to have done the necessary maintenance and repair work on such street and have the cost of same credited to the State Highway Fund from any fund available to the county or municipality within the state treasury.
Codes, 1942, § 8059.5-51; Laws, 1970, ch. 441, § 1; Laws, 1974, ch. 318, § 1; Laws, 1981, ch. 464, § 17, eff. 7/1/1981.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 65 - HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES AND FERRIES (§§ 65-1-1 — 65-43-85) › Chapter 1 - TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT (§§ 65-1-1 — 65-1-901) › Article 1 - IN GENERAL (§§ 65-1-1 — 65-1-189) › Section 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.
Codes, 1942, § 8059.5-52; Laws, 1970, ch. 441, § 2; Laws, 1974, ch. 318, § 2, eff. 3/5/1974.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 65 - HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES AND FERRIES (§§ 65-1-1 — 65-43-85) › Chapter 1 - TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT (§§ 65-1-1 — 65-1-901) › Article 1 - IN GENERAL (§§ 65-1-1 — 65-1-189) › Section 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.
Codes, 1930, § 5008; 1942, § 8040; Laws, 1930, ch. 47; Laws, 1948, ch. 332, § 16; Laws, 1979, ch. 303; Laws, 1981, ch. 464, § 18, eff. 7/1/1981.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 65 - HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES AND FERRIES (§§ 65-1-1 — 65-43-85) › Chapter 1 - TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT (§§ 65-1-1 — 65-1-901) › Article 1 - IN GENERAL (§§ 65-1-1 — 65-1-189) › Section 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.
Laws, 1973, ch. 418, § 1, eff. 3/29/1973.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 65 - HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES AND FERRIES (§§ 65-1-1 — 65-43-85) › Chapter 1 - TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT (§§ 65-1-1 — 65-1-901) › Article 1 - IN GENERAL (§§ 65-1-1 — 65-1-189) › Section 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.
Codes, 1942, § 8041.5; Laws, 1960, ch. 361, §§ 1-3.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 65 - HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES AND FERRIES (§§ 65-1-1 — 65-43-85) › Chapter 1 - TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT (§§ 65-1-1 — 65-1-901) › Article 1 - IN GENERAL (§§ 65-1-1 — 65-1-189) › Section 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.
Codes, 1942, § 8041.3; Laws, 1970, ch. 425, § 1; Laws, 2007, ch. 502, § 8, eff. 7/1/2007.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 65 - HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES AND FERRIES (§§ 65-1-1 — 65-43-85) › Chapter 1 - TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT (§§ 65-1-1 — 65-1-901) › Article 1 - IN GENERAL (§§ 65-1-1 — 65-1-189) › Section 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.
Codes, 1942, § 8041.4; Laws, 1970, ch. 425, § 2; Laws, 1984, ch. 495, § 33; reenacted and amended, Laws, 1985, ch. 474, § 21; Laws, 1986, ch. 438, § 47; Laws, 1987, ch 483, § 48; Laws, 1988, ch. 442, § 45; Laws, 1989, ch. 537, § 43; Laws, 1990, ch. 518, § 44; Laws, 1991, ch. 618, § 44; Laws, 1992, ch. 491, § 46; Laws, 2007, ch. 502, § 9, eff. 7/1/2007.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 65 - HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES AND FERRIES (§§ 65-1-1 — 65-43-85) › Chapter 1 - TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT (§§ 65-1-1 — 65-1-901) › Article 1 - IN GENERAL (§§ 65-1-1 — 65-1-189) › Section 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.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 65 - HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES AND FERRIES (§§ 65-1-1 — 65-43-85) › Chapter 1 - TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT (§§ 65-1-1 — 65-1-901) › Article 1 - IN GENERAL (§§ 65-1-1 — 65-1-189) › Section 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.
Laws, 2002, ch. 544, § 1, eff. 7/1/2002.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 65 - HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES AND FERRIES (§§ 65-1-1 — 65-43-85) › Chapter 1 - TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT (§§ 65-1-1 — 65-1-901) › Article 1 - IN GENERAL (§§ 65-1-1 — 65-1-189) › Section 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 15Laws, 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.
Codes, 1930, § 5010; 1942, § 8042; Laws, 1930, ch. 47; Laws, 1948, ch. 332, § 19; Laws, 1980, ch. 542; Laws, 1986, ch. 330; Laws, 2000, ch. 447, § 1; Laws, 2004, ch. 595, § 16, eff. 7/1/2004.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 65 - HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES AND FERRIES (§§ 65-1-1 — 65-43-85) › Chapter 1 - TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT (§§ 65-1-1 — 65-1-901) › Article 1 - IN GENERAL (§§ 65-1-1 — 65-1-189) › Section 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.
Laws, 1981, ch. 464, § 29, eff. 7/1/1981.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 65 - HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES AND FERRIES (§§ 65-1-1 — 65-43-85) › Chapter 1 - TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT (§§ 65-1-1 — 65-1-901) › Article 1 - IN GENERAL (§§ 65-1-1 — 65-1-189) › Section 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.
Codes, 1930, § 5011; 1942, § 8043; Laws, 1930, ch. 47; Laws, 1946, ch. 332, § 20; Laws, 1958, ch. 371; Laws, 1966, ch. 492, § 1; Laws, 1975, ch. 307; Laws, 1984, ch. 488, § 266; repealed, 1985, ch. 424, § 2; amnd, 1985, ch. 455, § 11; Laws, 1999, ch. 418, § 1, eff. 3/18/1999.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 65 - HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES AND FERRIES (§§ 65-1-1 — 65-43-85) › Chapter 1 - TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT (§§ 65-1-1 — 65-1-901) › Article 1 - IN GENERAL (§§ 65-1-1 — 65-1-189) › Section 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.
Codes, 1930, § 5012; 1942, § 8044; Laws, 1930, ch. 47; Laws, 1948, ch. 332, § 21; Laws, 1966, ch. 485, § 3; Laws, 2000, ch. 447, § 2, eff. 4/18/2000.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 65 - HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES AND FERRIES (§§ 65-1-1 — 65-43-85) › Chapter 1 - TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT (§§ 65-1-1 — 65-1-901) › Article 1 - IN GENERAL (§§ 65-1-1 — 65-1-189) › Section 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.
Codes, 1930, § 5013; 1942, § 8045; Laws, 1930, ch. 47; Laws, 1948, ch. 332, § 22.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 65 - HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES AND FERRIES (§§ 65-1-1 — 65-43-85) › Chapter 1 - TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT (§§ 65-1-1 — 65-1-901) › Article 1 - IN GENERAL (§§ 65-1-1 — 65-1-189) › Section 65-1-119 - [Repealed]

Repealed by Laws, 1985, ch. 424, § 3, eff. 7/1/1985.
Codes, 1930, § 5014; 1942, § 8046; Laws, 1930, ch. 47; 1948, ch. 332, § 23.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 65 - HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES AND FERRIES (§§ 65-1-1 — 65-43-85) › Chapter 1 - TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT (§§ 65-1-1 — 65-1-901) › Article 1 - IN GENERAL (§§ 65-1-1 — 65-1-189) › Section 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.
Codes, 1930, § 5015; 1942, § 8047; Laws, 1930, ch. 47; Laws, 1948, ch. 332, § 24.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 65 - HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES AND FERRIES (§§ 65-1-1 — 65-43-85) › Chapter 1 - TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT (§§ 65-1-1 — 65-1-901) › Article 1 - IN GENERAL (§§ 65-1-1 — 65-1-189) › Section 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
.
Codes, 1942, § 8041.7; Laws, 1962, ch. 253, eff. 5/25/1962.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 65 - HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES AND FERRIES (§§ 65-1-1 — 65-43-85) › Chapter 1 - TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT (§§ 65-1-1 — 65-1-901) › Article 1 - IN GENERAL (§§ 65-1-1 — 65-1-189) › Section 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.
Laws, 1975, ch. 332, eff. 3/6/1975.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 65 - HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES AND FERRIES (§§ 65-1-1 — 65-43-85) › Chapter 1 - TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT (§§ 65-1-1 — 65-1-901) › Article 1 - IN GENERAL (§§ 65-1-1 — 65-1-189) › Section 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:
(a)
"Highway Commission" means the Mississippi State Highway Commission.
(b)
"Qualified person" means a person who:
(i)
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
(ii)
Is of good moral character and has not been convicted of any crime involving moral turpitude.
Laws, 1979, ch. 373, § 1, eff. 7/1/1979.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 65 - HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES AND FERRIES (§§ 65-1-1 — 65-43-85) › Chapter 1 - TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT (§§ 65-1-1 — 65-1-901) › Article 1 - IN GENERAL (§§ 65-1-1 — 65-1-189) › Section 65-1-131 - Security officers; appointment; oath; identification; powers; reimbursement by district

(1)
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.
(2)
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.
(3)
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.
(4)
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.
(5)
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.
Laws, 1979, ch. 373, § 2; Laws, 1996, ch. 425, § 1, eff. 7/1/1996.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 65 - HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES AND FERRIES (§§ 65-1-1 — 65-43-85) › Chapter 1 - TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT (§§ 65-1-1 — 65-1-901) › Article 1 - IN GENERAL (§§ 65-1-1 — 65-1-189) › Section 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.
Laws, 1979, ch. 373, § 3; Laws, 1996, ch. 425, § 2, eff. 7/1/1996.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 65 - HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES AND FERRIES (§§ 65-1-1 — 65-43-85) › Chapter 1 - TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT (§§ 65-1-1 — 65-1-901) › Article 1 - IN GENERAL (§§ 65-1-1 — 65-1-189) › Section 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.
Laws, 1979, ch. 373, § 4, eff. 7/1/1979.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 65 - HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES AND FERRIES (§§ 65-1-1 — 65-43-85) › Chapter 1 - TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT (§§ 65-1-1 — 65-1-901) › Article 1 - IN GENERAL (§§ 65-1-1 — 65-1-189) › Section 65-1-136 - Authorization of Mississippi Transportation Commission to contract with private security firms; requirements and limitations pertaining to private security officers

(1)
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.
(2)
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.
(3)
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
.
Laws, 1996, ch. 425, § 3; Laws, 2000, ch. 471, § 1, eff. 4/25/2000.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 65 - HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES AND FERRIES (§§ 65-1-1 — 65-43-85) › Chapter 1 - TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT (§§ 65-1-1 — 65-1-901) › Article 1 - IN GENERAL (§§ 65-1-1 — 65-1-189) › Section 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.
Laws, 1979, ch. 373, § 5; Laws, 1996, ch. 425, § 4, eff. 7/1/1996.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 65 - HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES AND FERRIES (§§ 65-1-1 — 65-43-85) › Chapter 1 - TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT (§§ 65-1-1 — 65-1-901) › Article 1 - IN GENERAL (§§ 65-1-1 — 65-1-189) › Section 65-1-139 - [Repealed] 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

(1)
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).
(2)
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.
Repealed by Laws, 1985, ch. 327, eff.3/15/1985.
Laws, 1980, ch. 329.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 65 - HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES AND FERRIES (§§ 65-1-1 — 65-43-85) › Chapter 1 - TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT (§§ 65-1-1 — 65-1-901) › Article 1 - IN GENERAL (§§ 65-1-1 — 65-1-189) › Section 65-1-141.1 - 2022 Maintenance Project Fund created; funding sources

There is created in the State Treasury a special fund to be designated as the "2022 Maintenance Project Fund," which shall consist of funds made available by the Legislature in any manner and funds from any other source designated for deposit into such fund. The fund shall be maintained by the State Treasurer as a separate and special fund, separate and apart from the General Fund of the state. Unexpended amounts remaining in the fund at the end of a fiscal year shall not lapse into the State General Fund, and any investment earnings or interest earned on amounts in the fund shall be deposited to the credit of the fund. Monies in the fund shall be used by the Department of Transportation, upon appropriation by the Legislature, to provide for maintenance projects included in the Pavement Program of the Three-Year Plan as adopted by, amended by, or reissued by the Mississippi Transportation Commission under the authority of Section
65-1-141
.
Amended by Laws, 2023, ch. 548, SB 2454,§ 7, eff. 4/21/2023.
Added by Laws, 2022, ch. 482, SB 2780,§ 8, eff. 7/1/2022.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 65 - HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES AND FERRIES (§§ 65-1-1 — 65-43-85) › Chapter 1 - TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT (§§ 65-1-1 — 65-1-901) › Article 1 - IN GENERAL (§§ 65-1-1 — 65-1-189) › Section 65-1-141.2 - 2022 Capacity Project Fund created; funding sources

There is created in the State Treasury a special fund to be designated as the "2022 Capacity Project Fund," which shall consist of funds made available by the Legislature in any manner and funds from any other source designated for deposit into such fund. The fund shall be maintained by the State Treasurer as a separate and special fund, separate and apart from the General Fund of the state. Unexpended amounts remaining in the fund at the end of a fiscal year shall not lapse into the State General Fund, and any investment earnings or interest earned on amounts in the fund shall be deposited to the credit of the fund. Monies in the fund shall be used by the Department of Transportation, upon appropriation by the Legislature, to provide for capacity projects included in the Capacity Program of the Three-Year Plan as adopted by, amended by, or reissued by the Mississippi Transportation Commission under the authority of Section
65-1-141
.
Amended by Laws, 2023, ch. 548, SB 2454,§ 8, eff. 4/21/2023.
Added by Laws, 2022, ch. 482, SB 2780,§ 9, eff. 7/1/2022.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 65 - HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES AND FERRIES (§§ 65-1-1 — 65-43-85) › Chapter 1 - TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT (§§ 65-1-1 — 65-1-901) › Article 1 - IN GENERAL (§§ 65-1-1 — 65-1-189) › Section 65-1-143 - Construction to commence at points having greatest traffic congestion

When the specific location of a road has been established under the criteria contained in Section
65-1-141
, construction on said roads shall commence at the point on each segment having the greatest traffic congestion.
Laws, 1981, ch. 464, § 22 sub 2, eff. 7/1/1981.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 65 - HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES AND FERRIES (§§ 65-1-1 — 65-43-85) › Chapter 1 - TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT (§§ 65-1-1 — 65-1-901) › Article 1 - IN GENERAL (§§ 65-1-1 — 65-1-189) › Section 65-1-147 - Reversion of links removed from state highway system to counties and political subdivisions

Any link or part of the legislatively designated state highway system on July 1, 1981, that is removed from that system by appropriate statute shall revert for all purposes to the jurisdiction of the county and political subdivision in which it lies, and the link so removed may, in the discretion of the board of supervisors of the county in which it lies, be and become a part of the state aid roads system and be governed by the statutes regulating that system.
Laws, 1981, ch. 464, § 22 sub 4, eff. 7/1/1981.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 65 - HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES AND FERRIES (§§ 65-1-1 — 65-43-85) › Chapter 1 - TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT (§§ 65-1-1 — 65-1-901) › Article 1 - IN GENERAL (§§ 65-1-1 — 65-1-189) › Section 65-1-151 - Additional bonds required of commissioners and director

Bond shall be given to the state of Mississippi by each commissioner and the director, each in an additional sum of Fifty Thousand Dollars ($50,000.00), which is in addition to the bonds required in Sections
65-1-3
and
65-1-9
, Mississippi Code of 1972; and said bond shall in all instances be and is for the same purposes and in the same manner as provided in Sections
65-1-3
and
65-1-9
. Such bonds may be consolidated with bonds required in the aforementioned sections.
Laws, 1981, ch. 464, § 22 sub 6, eff. 7/1/1981.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 65 - HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES AND FERRIES (§§ 65-1-1 — 65-43-85) › Chapter 1 - TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT (§§ 65-1-1 — 65-1-901) › Article 1 - IN GENERAL (§§ 65-1-1 — 65-1-189) › Section 65-1-153 - Submission of work program required prior to appropriations; notification of changes in program

(1)
From and after July 1, 1981, no appropriation shall be made to the Mississippi State Highway Department until the highway department supplies the legislature with a detailed program of the work to be accomplished during the fiscal year for which such appropriation will be made.
(2)
Whenever a determination is made that one or more of the projects in the program detailed in subsection (1) cannot proceed as approved, the highway department shall furnish, in prescribed written form, the reasons for any proposed deviation, cancellation or rescheduling of such project, together with its recommendation for a substitute project, to the Lieutenant Governor, the chairman of the senate appropriations committee, the chairman of the senate highways committee and the chairman of the senate finance committee, and to the speaker of the house, the chairman of the house appropriations committee, the chairman of the house ways and means committee and the chairman of the house highways and highway financing committee, and to the individual senators and representatives in whose district the requested changes along with the proposed substitution is located.
Laws, 1981, ch. 464, § 24, eff. 7/1/1981.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 65 - HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES AND FERRIES (§§ 65-1-1 — 65-43-85) › Chapter 1 - TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT (§§ 65-1-1 — 65-1-901) › Article 1 - IN GENERAL (§§ 65-1-1 — 65-1-189) › Section 65-1-155 - Transfer of funds to Bureau of Building, Grounds and Real Property Management

The State Highway Commission, acting through the Director of the State Highway Department, is hereby authorized and directed to transfer the sum of Ten Million Dollars ($10,000,000.00) out of any money in the special fund accounts within the State Treasury to the credit of the State Highway Department into a special fund account to the credit of the Bureau of Building, Grounds and Real Property Management within the State Treasury.
Laws, 1986, ch. 303, § 1, eff. 7/1/1986 (Governor's veto overridden by Legislature on 2/13/1986).
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 65 - HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES AND FERRIES (§§ 65-1-1 — 65-43-85) › Chapter 1 - TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT (§§ 65-1-1 — 65-1-901) › Article 1 - IN GENERAL (§§ 65-1-1 — 65-1-189) › Section 65-1-157 - Expenditure of transferred funds by Bureau of Building, Grounds and Real Property Management

The funds transferred herein to a special fund account to the credit of the Bureau of Building, Grounds and Real Property Management shall be expended only as authorized by an act of the Legislature.
Laws, 1986, ch. 303, § 2, eff. 7/1/1986 (Governor's veto overridden by Legislature on 2/13/1986).
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 65 - HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES AND FERRIES (§§ 65-1-1 — 65-43-85) › Chapter 1 - TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT (§§ 65-1-1 — 65-1-901) › Article 1 - IN GENERAL (§§ 65-1-1 — 65-1-189) › Section 65-1-159 - Implementation of fund transferral by director

The Director of the State Highway Department shall make requisition upon the State Auditor of Public Accounts, or its successor, and thereupon the Auditor of Public Accounts, or its successor, shall issue his warrant to the State Treasurer, who shall immediately pay same into the special fund account to the credit of the Bureau of Building, Grounds and Real Property Management created pursuant to Section
65-1-155
.
Laws, 1986, ch. 303, § 3, eff. 7/1/1986 (Governor's veto overridden by Legislature on 2/13/1986).