For the purpose of enforcing and investigating all violations of the railroad laws, and the rules, regulations and general orders of the Mississippi Transportation Commission promulgated thereunder, the commission is hereby authorized to employ five (5) inspectors and one (1) railway safety coordinator. The salaries of the inspectors and the safety coordinator shall be fixed by the commission, subject to the state personnel system law as provided under Section 25-9-101 et seq. The inspectors shall devote their full time to the performance of their duties and shall take an oath faithfully to perform the duties of their positions. The commission shall require bonds to be carried on such employees as the commission may deem necessary, the cost thereof to be paid by the commission.
The inspectors shall be selected after an examination, as prescribed by the commission, as to physical and mental fitness, knowledge of the railroad laws, the rules and regulations of the commission, the laws of this state pertaining to arrest and any other examination as may be prescribed by the commission. An inspector, at the time of appointment, shall be a citizen of the State of Mississippi, of good moral character, and shall not be less than twenty-one (21) years of age.
The inspectors of the Mississippi Transportation Commission may enter upon private property upon which a railroad facility is located that is connected to but not a part of the general railroad system of transportation, at reasonable times and in a reasonable manner to perform an inspection, investigation or surveillance of facilities, equipment, records and operations relating to the packaging, loading or transportation of hazardous materials or other materials to determine whether the railroad facility complies with the applicable federal or state safety statutes, rules, regulations or orders. Any inspection, investigation or surveillance performed on the site of a manufacturing facility shall be performed in compliance with the safety rules or regulations of the facility.
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