Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 33 - Public Health - Local Governments And Rural Water Systems Improvements Board › Part 204 - Regulations Pertaining to Use of Reservoir Project Area For Commercial Or Residential Purposes › Chapter 4 - Licensing And Insurance Requirements With Reference To Operation Of Commercial Vessels On The Reservoir › Rule 33-204-4.5 - Commercial Privilege License

Current through June 25, 2024
(a) It shall be
				unlawful for any person, firm, or corporation to operate or offer for rental or
				hire any commercial vessel in, along, upon or around the Reservoir unless such
				person, firm or corporation shall have obtained from the Board of the District
				a nonexclusive commercial privilege license for such commercial vessel. The
				application for such privilege license shall be accompanied by evidence of
				compliance with the Rules and Regulations regarding commercial vessels for the
				Pearl River Valley Water Supply District, together with a current commercial
				Operator's or Commercial Passenger Carry License as required by the Mississippi
				Department of Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks.
(b) Such privilege license may be granted
				upon the payment to the District of an annual fee of Ten Dollars ($10,00) per
				head of safe-carrying capacity of the commercial vessel as stated in the
				vessel's Certificate of Inspection, but in no case less than Two Hundred Fifty
				and No/100 Dollars ($250.00).
(c)
				Such privilege license shall be valid for a period of one (1) year from the
				date of issuance or such shorter period as the Board of the District may
				specify; provided that such license may be revoked prior to the expiration
				thereof whenever inspection reveals any matter which would have resulted in
				denial of a license and such license shall be considered automatically
				terminated in the event of any violation of the Rules and Regulations of the
				Pearl River Valley Water Supply District. By accepting a license, the licensee
				shall be deemed to have consented to inspection of the commercial vessel by
				employees or agents of the District at such reasonable times during the term of
				said license as they may see fit.
(d) Application for a privilege license shall
				be accompanied by an application for public liability insurance to be issued by
				an insurance company doing business in the State of Mississippi with an
				acceptable
Best's
rating, with limits of not less than
				$1,000,000 for all damages arising out of bodily injury to or death of one or
				more persons and property in any one accident, resulting from or in connection
				with the operation of the commercial vessel. A certificate for such insurance,
				including the District as an additional insured, together with a paid receipt,
				shall be on file in the office of the District prior to operation of the
				commercial vessel for rental or hire in, along, upon or around the
				Reservoir.
(e) Each violation of
				this Regulation shall constitute a misdemeanor and shall be punishable by fine
				of not more than One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) or imprisonment in the County
				Jail not to exceed fifteen (15) days, or both such fine and imprisonment as
				determined by the Court. For purposes of this Regulation, a violation hereof
				shall constitute a separate offense. Nothing contained herein shall limit the
				penalty for violation of the Rules and Regulations of the Pearl River Valley
				Water Supply District.
Miss. Code
				  Ann. §
										51-9-127
				  (Rev. 2000).