The Mississippi Transportation Commission shall employ a secretary whose salary shall be fixed by the commission and shall require the secretary to keep the proper minute books, order books and other proper books. The secretary shall be the custodian of all books, records or other papers of the department. All of such books, records and papers shall be public records and open to inspection by the public during business hours. Each of the commissioners, the Executive Director and the secretary may make certified copies of any proceedings of the department, any of its books or papers, or extracts therefrom. Such copy shall bear the signature of the officer giving it and also the seal of the Mississippi Department of Transportation, and such copies shall be admitted in evidence equally with the originals thereof in all courts of this state. Each of the commissioners and the executive director may take and hear testimony. The seal shall be the coat of arms of the State of Mississippi, surrounded by the words "Mississippi Department of Transportation". In the event that the original seal should be stolen, lost or misplaced, the commission shall have the power to secure a duplicate seal. The secretary shall be the custodian of the seal and shall do and perform all other things which may be properly required of him by the executive director or commission. He shall give bond in the sum of not less than Fifty Thousand Dollars ($50,000.00), conditioned as required by law. Except for warrant requisitions drawn in accordance with the provisions of Section 65-1-115, Mississippi Code of 1972, all proceedings of the commission shall be entered upon the minutes of the commission in a minute book to be provided and kept for that purpose, which minutes shall be signed by the chairman or acting chairman of the respective meetings and by the secretary. The pages of the minute book shall be numbered consecutively by the bookmaker. The secretary of the commission shall be an ex officio notary public, authorized to administer oaths and take acknowledgments in the same manner and to the same extent as any other duly appointed, qualified, commissioned and acting notary public, and the seal of the Transportation Department shall be his seal as such ex officio notary public. The bond premium of the secretary shall be paid from any funds available to the commission.
Structure Mississippi Code
Title 65 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries
Chapter 1 - Transportation Department
§ 65-1-3. Mississippi Transportation Commission
§ 65-1-5. Organization and meetings
§ 65-1-7. Compensation of the commissioners
§ 65-1-9. Executive Director of Department of Transportation
§ 65-1-10. Powers and duties of Executive Director
§ 65-1-11. Chief Engineer and other employees
§ 65-1-15. Secretary of the commission
§ 65-1-17. Rental of office space in buildings not owned by the state
§ 65-1-20. Office of Intermodal Planning
§ 65-1-23. Testing laboratory, machine shops, etc.
§ 65-1-25. Contract for maintenance of connections on highways near state boundaries
§ 65-1-31. Certain roads located on levees as temporary state highways
§ 65-1-33. Publicly owned ferries
§ 65-1-35. Roads leading to reactivated air bases
§ 65-1-37. Driveways of certain institutions
§ 65-1-39. Maintenance of roads on Australia Island
§ 65-1-41. Roads serving industrial sites and port areas
§ 65-1-43. Costs and feasibility surveys for toll highways and bridges to offshore islands
§ 65-1-44. Instruction course for weight and tax enforcement personnel
§ 65-1-45. Weight limitation on highways and bridges
§ 65-1-46. Appeals Board; appeal of penalty for excess weight; judicial review
§ 65-1-47. Control of highways; eminent domain
§ 65-1-49. Easements for highway purposes
§ 65-1-51. Land adjacent to highway rights of way; wetlands
§ 65-1-55. Noxious weeds and plants prohibited in rights of way
§ 65-1-63. Paving to connect county seat with paved road
§ 65-1-70. Construction of protective devices at railroad crossings
§ 65-1-70.5. Imputation of liability as to protective devices at railroad crossings
§ 65-1-73. Repair of city streets used as detours for United States highways
§ 65-1-83. Traffic census and other surveys, inspections or studies
§ 65-1-86. Duty of Attorney General with respect to illegal contracts or criminal acts
§ 65-1-87. Purchases of war surplus equipment, supplies and materials
§ 65-1-89. Contract arbitration provisions
§ 65-1-91. Arbitration proceedings and effect
§ 65-1-93 through 65-1-109. Superseded
§ 65-1-110. Mississippi Department of Transportation Equipment Purchase Fund established
§ 65-1-111. Highway funds; bond and interest funds
§ 65-1-112. Funds to be expended on basis of state need
§ 65-1-115. System of accounting
§ 65-1-117. County and federal funds for road construction
§ 65-1-121. Inventory and report of property
§ 65-1-125. Sale of used road building materials
§ 65-1-127. Participation in Federal Highway Administration Fellowship Program in Highway Safety
§ 65-1-129. Security officers; definitions
§ 65-1-133. Security officers; arrest and detention
§ 65-1-135. Security officers; termination of authority
§ 65-1-137. Security officers considered independent contractors
§ 65-1-143. Construction to commence at points having greatest traffic congestion
§ 65-1-145. Method of expenditure of funds
§ 65-1-151. Additional bonds required of commissioners and director
§ 65-1-155. Transfer of funds to Bureau of Building, Grounds and Real Property Management
§ 65-1-159. Implementation of fund transferral by director
§ 65-1-161. Authorization for Office of General Services to convey right-of-way across certain lands
§ 65-1-163. Disposition of proceeds of sale authorized by Section 65-1-161
§ 65-1-165. Contract for development of comprehensive statewide litter prevention program