The State Highway Commission is hereby authorized to take over, maintain, and operate, as a part of the state highway system under its jurisdiction, any ferry now owned by and operated by, for, or under the authority of any county, county district, or municipality in this state where such ferry is located upon, or is a necessary link of, any designated state highway being maintained by the commission, if such county, county district, or municipality will transfer to said commission all property, real and personal, used by it in the operation of such ferry. In event any such ferries be so taken over by the commission, no toll or fee shall be charged for the use thereof by the public, and all costs of operation and maintenance shall be paid out of the State Highway Maintenance Fund.
Any county, county district, or municipality in this state now owning a ferry which the State Highway Commission may desire to take over under the provisions of this section is hereby authorized to transfer to the State Highway Commission any and all property, real and personal, used by it in the operation of such ferry, without further consideration than the acceptance of the same for public use, pursuant to an order of its governing authority. Any such property so taken over by the commission which may thereafter become unnecessary to the maintenance of traffic over the highway may be disposed of by the commission, in its discretion, and the proceeds paid into the State Highway Maintenance Fund.
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