When the transportation commissioners enter upon the duties of their office, the Transportation Commission shall meet and organize by the election of one (1) of its members to serve as chairman of the commission for the four-year term for which the commissioner shall have been elected. The commission, a majority of which shall constitute a quorum, shall meet in regular session on the second Tuesday of each month at the office of the commission in Jackson, Mississippi; however, the commission may meet in regular session not more than three (3) times each year at such other location as may be set by the commission. At such regular sessions the commission may hear, continue and determine any and all matters coming before it. The commission may hold special sessions at the call of the executive director or the chairman at such times and places in this state as either of them may deem necessary. At such special sessions it may hear, continue, consider and determine any and all matters coming before it, provided that at least five (5) days' notice of such meetings shall be given to all the members of the commission beforehand. A special session may be called at any time without the foregoing notice, or any notice, if by and with the unanimous consent of all the members of the commission, but such unanimous consent shall be spread at large on the minutes of the commission. If any session is held at a location other than at the commission's office in Jackson, Mississippi, the commission shall make provisions to allow public participation in the meeting by appearing at the Jackson office.
The Mississippi Transportation Commission shall act as a legal entity, and shall only speak through its minutes, and in all matters shall act as a unit. Any action on the part of any member of the commission separately shall not bind the commission as a unit, but such individual member only shall be liable personally on his official bond.
The Mississippi Transportation Commission shall be a body corporate and as such may sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, in any court of justice having jurisdiction of the subject matter of any such suit.In any suit against the Mississippi Transportation Commission service of process shall be had by serving the secretary of the commission with such process; and a copy of the declaration, petition or bill of complaint, or other initial pleading shall be handed the secretary along with the process.
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