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Mississippi Statutes, Title 77

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Title 77, Public Utilities and Carriers

14 chapters · 678 sections in this title.

All chapters in Title 77678 Ch 5, Electric Power185 Ch 3, Regulation of Public Utilities155 Ch 9, Railroads and Other Common Carriers108 Ch 7, Motor Carriers67 Ch 6, Municipal Gas Authority of Mississip…39 Ch 11, Gas Pipelines and Distribution Systems25 Ch 1, Public Service Commission21 Ch 8, Transportation Network Companies20 Ch 13, Regulation of Excavations Near Under…19 Ch 2, Public Utilities Staff10 Ch 21, Mississippi Video Service Act10 Ch 19, Broadband Expansion and Accessibilit…9 Ch 17, Mississippi Broadband Enabling Act8 Ch 15, Local Natural Gas Districts2

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Miss. Code Ann. § 77-6-63 Grants and loans authorized
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The governing authorities of any municipality or the authority are hereby authorized to make application and to enter into contracts for and to accept grants-in-aid and loans from the federal and state governments and their agencies for planning, acquiring, constructing, expandin…
Miss. Code Ann. § 77-6-65 Powers and duties in connection with eminent domain, sales to customers of public utilities, and utility lines and rights-of-way
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Municipalities participating in a project of the authority shall possess the power of eminent domain for a project authorized by this chapter to the extent and in the same manner and under the same laws now available to municipalities under the laws of this state; provided, howev…
Miss. Code Ann. § 77-6-67 Where utility commission and municipality have same governing authorities
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Whenever the governing authorities of the utility commission and of any municipality are one and the same, separate actions required by this chapter by the governing authorities of the municipality with respect to an action or determination required by this chapter by the governi…
Miss. Code Ann. § 77-6-69 Provisions supplemental to other laws

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The foregoing sections of this chapter shall be deemed to provide an additional, alternative and complete method for the doing of the things authorized thereby and shall be deemed and construed to be supplemental and additional to powers conferred by other laws, and shall not be …

Miss. Code Ann. § 77-6-7 Municipal Gas Authority of Mississippi created; purpose; initial membership; principal office

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(a) There shall be created a local distribution company of the state to be known as the Municipal Gas Authority of Mississippi for the purpose of undertaking the planning, financing, development, acquisition, construction, reconstruction, improvement, enlargement, betterment, ope…

Miss. Code Ann. § 77-6-71 Provisions not subject to Public Service Commission law

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(1) The rates, services and practices relating to the purchase, development, storage, transmission, distribution and sale by the authority of gas as authorized by this chapter shall not be subject to the provisions of the Mississippi Public Service Commission law nor to its regul…

Miss. Code Ann. § 77-6-73 Provisions to be liberally construed

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In order to effectuate the purposes and policies prescribed in this chapter, the provisions hereof shall be liberally construed.

Miss. Code Ann. § 77-6-75 Members of legislature to have no interest in bonds

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No member of the Legislature or elected official or any partner or associate of any member of the Legislature or elected official shall be interested or derive any income, either directly or indirectly, from the issuance of any bonds under this chapter during his or her term of o…

Miss. Code Ann. § 77-6-77 Temporary borrowing through revenue anticipation notes for current and necessary expenses

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(1) The authority is hereby authorized to make temporary borrowings through revenue anticipation notes for the purpose of meeting the current and necessary expenses of the authority (including the purchase of gas supplies) and paying the costs of issuing the revenue anticipation …

Miss. Code Ann. § 77-6-9 Membership in authority after its creation; withdrawal

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After the creation of the authority, any other municipality may become a member thereof upon application to such authority after the adoption of a resolution by the utility commission of the municipality setting forth the determination and finding prescribed in Section 77-6-7, an…

Miss. Code Ann. § 77-7-1 Short title

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This chapter may be cited as the “Mississippi Motor Carrier Regulatory Law of 1938.”

Miss. Code Ann. § 77-7-11 Obedience to chapter required

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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, sup…

Miss. Code Ann. § 77-7-115 When and to whom inspection fees are to be paid

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On or before January 1 of each year, or prior to commencement of business, every holder of a certificate of convenience and necessity or permit or interstate authority issued by the U.S. Department of Transportation upon whom the fee is levied by Section 77-7-119, shall pay to th…

Miss. Code Ann. § 77-7-117 State to have lien on vehicles for payment of inspection fees

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A lien shall exist upon all property of any motor carrier subject to this chapter, who uses the highways of this state, and upon which fees shall be properly payable, for the payment of fees imposed by Section 77-7-119, together with all penalties accruing under this chapter. The…

Miss. Code Ann. § 77-7-119 Registration receipts; fees; promulgation of rules and regulations by commission

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(1) It shall be unlawful for any holder of a certificate of public convenience and necessity or permit, issued in accordance with this chapter, to operate over the highways of this state unless there shall be accompanying each vehicle so operated a receipt which shall have been p…

Miss. Code Ann. § 77-7-125 Commission has sole authority to issue registration receipts

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The commission shall have the sole and complete power and authority to issue registration receipts to owners and operators required to have the receipts.

Miss. Code Ann. § 77-7-127 Disposition of funds collected by commission under this chapter; funding of agency expenses; deposit of monies into State General Fund

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All funds collected by the commission under the provisions of this chapter shall be deposited in the State Treasury to the credit of the commission’s regulation fund for use by the commission for the administration of the laws of this state relative to the inspection, control and…

Miss. Code Ann. § 77-7-13 Powers and duties of commission

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(1) It shall be the duty of the commission and the commission shall have the power:(a) To regulate common carriers by motor vehicle and contract carriers by motor vehicle not exempted in this chapter, doing business in this state, and to that end, the commission may establish rea…

Miss. Code Ann. § 77-7-15 Rules and regulations concerning certificates of public convenience and necessity, permits, performance bonds, insurance, fees, identification plates, rates and charges by commission; rules and regulations, concerning enforcement of chapter by department, through division

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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 concerning certificates of public convenience and necessity, permits, performance bond, insuran…

Miss. Code Ann. § 77-7-151 Duties of common carriers of household goods by motor vehicle as to service and rates

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It shall be the duty of every common carrier of household goods by motor vehicle to provide safe and adequate service, equipment and facilities for the transportation of household goods.

Miss. Code Ann. § 77-7-153 Discrimination by common carriers prohibited

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It shall be unlawful for any common carrier by motor vehicle, the rates of which are subject to regulation under the provisions of this chapter, to make, give or cause any undue or unreasonable preference or advantage to any particular person, port, gateway, locality or descripti…

Miss. Code Ann. § 77-7-16 Supervision and inspection of safe operation and use of certain motor vehicles

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(1) Supervision and inspection of the safe operation and the safe use of equipment of motor vehicles operating in the state shall be a specified duty of the Mississippi Department of Public Safety. The Mississippi Transportation Commission shall promulgate as its own the rules, r…

Miss. Code Ann. § 77-7-17 Prohibited interests of members or employees of commission or department

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No member of the commission or the department, and no employee of the commission or the department 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.

Miss. Code Ann. § 77-7-173 Changes in schedules by common carriers

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Common carriers by motor vehicle, the rates of which are subject to regulation under the provisions of this chapter, shall, before making a change in their schedules, give proper notice to the commission of such proposed change. The operation under such changed schedule shall the…

Miss. Code Ann. § 77-7-175 Operation of special or chartered parties by common carriers

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Any common carrier by motor vehicle transporting passengers under a certificate issued by the commission may operate to any place special or chartered parties under such reasonable rules and regulations as the commission may prescribe.

Miss. Code Ann. § 77-7-177 Deviations from routes by common carriers

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A common carrier by motor vehicle, operating under a certificate issued by the commission, may occasionally deviate from the route over which it is authorized to operate under the certificate, under such general or special rules and regulations as the commission may prescribe.

Miss. Code Ann. § 77-7-181 Accident reports

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It shall be the duty of the manager, agent or other proper officer of every motor carrier doing business or operating in this state to present to the commission such report or reports as may be required by it, under oath, of all accidents resulting in injury to persons, equipment…

Miss. Code Ann. § 77-7-185 Commission may require establishment of passenger stations

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After notice and hearing, and an opportunity to be heard by the carrier or carriers affected, the commission may require the establishment of passenger stations at cities and towns where such establishment is shown to be justified by the reasonable public needs. The commission sh…

Miss. Code Ann. § 77-7-187 Establishment of through routes and joint rates by common carriers

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(1) Common carriers of passengers by motor vehicle may establish reasonable through routes and joint rates with other such common carriers, and shall provide safe and adequate service, equipment and facilities for the transportation of passengers, and shall establish, observe and…

Miss. Code Ann. § 77-7-21 Engagement in intrastate operation by restricted motor carriers

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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 and the department.

Miss. Code Ann. § 77-7-211 Filing, publication and posting of rates of common carriers; rejection of tariff by commission

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Every common carrier of passengers shall file with the commission, and print and keep open for public inspection, tariffs showing all the rates, fares and charges for transportation, and all services in connection therewith, between points on its own route, and between points on …

Miss. Code Ann. § 77-7-213 Common carriers shall charge only rates set forth in tariff

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No common carrier by motor vehicle, the rates of which are subject to regulation under the provisions of this chapter, shall charge, demand, collect or receive a greater, less or different compensation for transportation or for any service in connection therewith between the poin…

Miss. Code Ann. § 77-7-215 Change in rates by common carriers; notice to be given

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No change shall be made in any rate, fare, charge or classification, or any rule, regulation or practice affecting such rate, fare, charge or classification, or the value of the service thereunder, specified in any elective tariff of a common carrier by motor vehicle, except afte…

Miss. Code Ann. § 77-7-217 Commission hearings upon reasonableness of rates of common carriers

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Any person, state board, organization or body politic may make complaint in writing to the commission that any such rate, fare, charge, classification, rule, regulation or practice in effect, or proposed to be put into effect, is or will be in violation of Sections 77-7-153, 77-7…

Miss. Code Ann. § 77-7-219 Suspension of rates proposed by common carriers

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Whenever there shall be filed with the commission any schedule stating a new individual or joint rate, fare, charge or classification for the transportation of passengers by a common carrier or carriers by motor vehicle, or by any such carrier or carriers in conjunction with a co…

Miss. Code Ann. § 77-7-221 Factors to be considered by commission in considering rates of common carriers

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In the exercise of its power to prescribe just and reasonable rates for the transportation of passengers by common carriers by motor vehicle, the commission shall give due consideration, among other factors, to the inherent advantages of transportation by such carriers; to the ef…

Miss. Code Ann. § 77-7-223 Other rights and remedies unaffected by foregoing

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Nothing in Sections 77-7-151, 77-7-153, 77-7-187, 77-7-217 to 77-7-221, shall be held to extinguish any remedy or right of action not inconsistent therewith.

Miss. Code Ann. § 77-7-23 Promulgation of regulations governing restricted motor carriers

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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 restri…

Miss. Code Ann. § 77-7-241 Minimum charges of contract carriers to be filed with commission; reductions

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It shall be the duty of every contract carrier by motor vehicle to file with the commission, publish, and keep open for public inspection, in the form and manner prescribed by the commission, schedules, or in the discretion of the commission, copies of contracts containing the mi…

Miss. Code Ann. § 77-7-243 Commission hearings upon reasonableness of rates of contract carriers

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Whenever, after hearing upon complaint or its own initiative, the commission finds that any charge of any contract carrier or carriers by motor vehicle, or any rule, regulation or practice of any such carrier or carriers affecting such charge, or the value of the service thereund…

Miss. Code Ann. § 77-7-245 Suspension of charges proposed by contract carriers

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Whenever there shall be filed with the commission by any contract carrier any schedule or contract stating a reduced charge directly, or by means of any rule, regulation or practice, for the transportation of passengers in intrastate commerce, the commission is hereby authorized …

Miss. Code Ann. § 77-7-25 Exemption of certain commercial motor vehicles from federal regulations; exceptions

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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 combi…

Miss. Code Ann. § 77-7-261 Reports of carriers; accounts, books and memoranda; inspections

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The commission is hereby authorized to require annual, periodical, or special reports from all motor carriers except those exempted in this chapter, to prescribe the manner and form in which such reports shall be made, and to require from such carriers specific answers to all que…

Miss. Code Ann. § 77-7-263 Failure to make proper reports or to keep accounts, records and memoranda properly is a misdemeanor

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Any motor carrier, or any officer, agent, employee, or representative thereof, who shall wilfully fail and refuse to make a report to the commission as required by this chapter, or to keep accounts, records, and memoranda in the form and manner approved or prescribed by the commi…

Miss. Code Ann. § 77-7-291 Conduct of commission hearings

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Any matter arising in the administration of this chapter requiring a hearing shall be heard and decided by the commission, or shall, by order of the commission, be referred to a member or employee of the commission for hearing and the recommendation of an appropriate order thereo…

Miss. Code Ann. § 77-7-293 Rehearings of orders or decisions of commission

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After an order or decision has been made by the commission, any party to the proceedings may, within thirty (30) days after the entry of the order or decision, apply for a rehearing in respect of any matters determined in such proceedings and specified in the application for rehe…

Miss. Code Ann. § 77-7-295 Appeal of final finding, order or judgment of commission

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In addition to other remedies now available, the state, or any party aggrieved by any final finding, order or judgment of the commission, shall have the right, regardless of the amount involved, of appeal to the First Judicial District Circuit Court of Hinds County, Mississippi. …

Miss. Code Ann. § 77-7-3 Declaration of public policy; application of chapter

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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 …

Miss. Code Ann. § 77-7-311 Penalties

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(1) Any person violating any provisions of this chapter, or any rule, regulation, requirement or order thereunder, or any term or condition of any certificate or permit, for which a penalty is not otherwise provided in this chapter, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and, up…

Miss. Code Ann. § 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

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(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 theref…