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Chapter 1 - Public Service Commission
§ 77-1-1. Creation of commission; terms, compensation and qualifications of commissioners - A public service commission, hereinafter referred to in this chapter...
§ 77-1-3. Seal - The commission shall have a seal, having around the margin...
§ 77-1-5. Office, meetings and minutes of commission - The commission shall keep an office in the City of...
§ 77-1-6. Establishment of Public Service Commission Regulation Fund; administration; annual audit; funding of agency expenses; deposit of monies into State General Fund - There is hereby established in the State Treasury a special...
§ 77-1-17. Employment and duties of rate expert and assistant - The commission is hereby authorized to employ for the term...
§ 77-1-19. Employment of personnel to implement Motor Carrier Regulatory Law - The commission is authorized to employ the following additional employees...
§ 77-1-25. Use of commission property and political activity regulated - No member of the staff of the commission, or any...
§ 77-1-27. Payment of salaries - All commission employees provided for in this chapter, and the...
§ 77-1-29. Payments to and disbursements from Public Service Commission Regulation Fund; funding of agency expenses; deposit of monies into State General Fund - On or before the twentieth day of each calendar month,...
§ 77-1-31. Docket of petitions and complaints - The commission shall keep a docket of petitions and complaints,...
§ 77-1-33. Process for witnesses; penalty for failure to testify - In any matter of inquiry pending before the commission or...
§ 77-1-35. Administration of oaths; taking of affidavits; examination of witnesses; perjury - The several members of the commission and the secretary may,...
§ 77-1-37. Payment of witnesses - Witnesses summoned to appear before the commission shall be entitled...
§ 77-1-39. Transcripts of oral testimony - In all cases where the testimony of witnesses is given...
§ 77-1-41. Findings and determinations shall be in writing; proof and effect thereof - All findings of the commission and the determination of every...
§ 77-1-43. Enforcement of laws and orders, decisions and determinations of commission - The commission may apply to the circuit or chancery court,...
§ 77-1-47. Appeal bonds; supersedeas bonds - Appeals from any final finding, order or judgment of the...
§ 77-1-49. Annual reports of the commission - The commission shall make a report every year to the...
§ 77-1-51. Repeal of §§ 77-1-1 through 77-1-49 - Sections 77-1-1 through 77-1-49, Mississippi Code of 1972, which create...
Chapter 2 - Public Utilities Staff
§ 77-2-1. Public utilities staff created - There is hereby established a Public Utilities Staff, which shall...
§ 77-2-5. Definitions - For purposes of this chapter, the terms defined in this...
§ 77-2-13. Communications regarding issues in contested proceedings prohibited; exceptions; penalties; contested proceeding defined - A contested proceeding remains pending until the commission has issued...
§ 77-2-15. Agreements with agencies permitted - Nothing in this chapter prevents the public utilities staff, the...
Chapter 3 - Regulation of Public Utilities
Article 1 - Certificates of Public Convenience and Necessity; Rates; Service
§ 77-3-1. Application of article to municipal public utilities - Except as otherwise provided in Section 77-3-6, any public utility...
§ 77-3-3. Definitions - As used in this chapter: The term "corporation" includes a...
§ 77-3-5. Jurisdiction and powers of commission - Notwithstanding any other provision of law, and subject only to...
§ 77-3-9. Attorney for public service commission - The Public Service Commission shall appoint an attorney who shall...
§ 77-3-13. Issuance of certificates; temporary certificates; cancelability review upon change of ownership - Except as otherwise specifically provided by subsection (2) of Section...
§ 77-3-15. Two or more persons holding certificates for similar operations in same municipality - Where there shall be two (2) or more persons holding...
§ 77-3-17. Operation of public utility following expiration of municipal franchise; municipal acquisition of utility - In addition to such other rights as it may have...
§ 77-3-19. Applicant for certificate must obtain a municipal franchise - Notwithstanding any provision in this article to the contrary, in...
§ 77-3-21. Hearing on adequacy of service afforded by certificate holder - The commission may, after a hearing had upon due notice,...
§ 77-3-22. Placement of privately owned water and sewer systems in receivership; conditions - If the commission determines that any privately owned water and/or...
§ 77-3-22.1. Preferences in transfer of ownership of privately owned water or sewer system in receivership - In any county having a population of more than thirty-five...
§ 77-3-23. Procedure for sale, assignment, lease or transfer of certificate - It shall be lawful, under the conditions specified below, for...
§ 77-3-25. Unlawful sale, lease, assignment or transfer of certificate or certain other utility property - It shall be unlawful for any person, except as provided...
§ 77-3-27. Commission to investigate violations - The commission is hereby authorized, upon complaint or upon its...
§ 77-3-29. Extension of service - The commission may, after hearing, upon notice, by order in...
§ 77-3-31. Accounts and depreciation reports of utilities - The commission, by rules and regulations, after notice and hearing...
§ 77-3-35. Regulation of rates and charges generally; approval of certain contracts of utilities; regulation of provision of telecommunication services; adoption of alternative methods of regulation; Public Service Commission authorized to regulate o... - No such public utility shall directly or indirectly, by any...
§ 77-3-41. Rates fixed by commission - Whenever the commission, after hearing had on reasonable notice, finds...
§ 77-3-42. Rate increase resulting from fuel adjustment clauses or riders; audits of fuel purchases - If the commission, after following the procedures described above, has...
§ 77-3-44. Rate-regulated electric public utilities authorized to undertake economic development activities - Any rate-regulated electric or natural gas public utility with certificated...
§ 77-3-45. Promulgation of rules and regulations - The commission shall prescribe, issue, amend and rescind such reasonable...
§ 77-3-46. Management reviews of public utility companies - Notwithstanding any other provisions of this chapter, the commission may,...
§ 77-3-47. Hearings by commission - The commission may, in addition to the hearings specifically provided...
§ 77-3-49. Issuance of process by commission; witnesses - The commission may issue subpoenas, subpoenas duces tecum and all...
§ 77-3-51. Depositions by agreement - Upon agreement of the parties in any proceeding, depositions of...
§ 77-3-53. Certified copies of documents and orders as evidence - Copies of official documents and orders filed or deposited according...
§ 77-3-55. Orders, findings, authorizations and certificates to be in writing and entered in minutes - Every order, finding, authorization or certificate issued or approved by...
§ 77-3-57. Service on parties - Service in all hearings, investigations and proceedings pending before the...
§ 77-3-59. Decisions; compliance with orders - The commission shall make and file its findings and order,...
§ 77-3-61. Alteration of orders - The commission may at any time, after notice, and after...
§ 77-3-63. Record of proceedings; reporter - A full and complete record shall be kept of all...
§ 77-3-65. Rehearing; stay of order - After an order or decision has been made by the...
§ 77-3-71. Appeals to supreme court - Appeals in accordance with law may be had to the...
§ 77-3-73. Appealed commission matters to take preference in all courts - All commission matters appealed to any court shall take preference...
§ 77-3-75. Enforcement of commission orders - The commission may apply to the chancery court, First Judicial...
§ 77-3-77. Burden of proof on party seeking to vacate commission order - In all actions and proceedings arising under the provisions of...
§ 77-3-79. Reports by utilities; inspection of records; filing deadlines; penalties - The commission may require, by order served on any public...
§ 77-3-83. Penalties are cumulative - All penalties accruing under this article shall be cumulative, and...
§ 77-3-85. Jurisdiction of actions to recover penalties and criminal prosecutions; limitation of actions - Actions to recover penalties under this article, and criminal prosecutions...
§ 77-3-87. Utilities taxed for expense of regulation by commission; collection of tax; adjustment of tax rate; funding of agency expenses; deposit of monies into State General Fund - All reasonable and necessary expenses of the administration of the...
§ 77-3-89. Payment of expenses; audit of books and accounts; Public Utilities Staff Regulation Fund; funding of agency expenses; deposit of monies into State General Fund - It shall be the duty of the State Auditor to...
§ 77-3-90. Annual reports of commission - It shall be the duty of the commission to make...
§ 77-3-91. Definitions applicable to §§ 77-3-91 through 77-3-95 - The following terms when used in Sections 77-3-91 through 77-3-95...
Article 2 - Alternate Method of Cost Recovery on Certain Base Load Generation
General Provisions
§ 77-3-101. Legislative determinations and declarations of policy - The Legislature finds, determines and declares the following to be...
§ 77-3-103. Definitions - As used in this article: The term "generating facility" means...
§ 77-3-107. Rules and regulations; preference for ownership of generating facilities by certain electric public utilities - The commission is fully empowered and authorized to promulgate rules...
§ 77-3-109. Legislative Advisory Board on Alternate Method of Cost Recovery on Base Load Generation; purpose; composition - There is hereby created the Legislative Advisory Board on Alternate...
Mississippi Public Utility Rate Mitigation and Reduction Act
§ 77-3-111. Definitions - As used in Sections 77-3-111 through 77-3-127: "Assignee" means any...
§ 77-3-125. Security property as collateral to secure payment of financing costs; relation to Uniform Commercial Code - In the eventof any conflict between Sections 77-3-111 through 77-3-127...
§ 77-3-129. Sections 77-3-111 through 77-3-127 deemed full and complete authority for exercise of powers granted therein - The provisions of Sections 77-3-111 through 77-3-127 shall be deemed...
Article 3 - General Provisions
§ 77-3-201. Definitions - As used in this article, the following words and phrases...
§ 77-3-203. Property owners' remedies upon utility's failure or refusal to provide service - If any public utility, other than a municipality, shall fail...
§ 77-3-205. Determination of responsibility for costs where construction of facilities is undertaken by owner - If such plans or any modification thereof shall be approved...
§ 77-3-207. Owner's agreement with utility as to costs; contract for construction in absence of agreement - In the event an owner is authorized to construct or...
§ 77-3-209. Allocation of costs among proposed consumer outlets; reimbursement by utility - Upon approval by the public service commission of the reasonable...
§ 77-3-211. Notice prior to construction; inspection during construction and upon completion; deviations - Before construction shall be undertaken pursuant to paragraph (b) of...
§ 77-3-213. Effect of conveyance of property after institution of proceedings on owner's rights - The conveyance in whole or in part of the property...
§ 77-3-215. Effect of transfer or assignment of public utility system - The transfer or assignment of the whole or any part...
§ 77-3-217. Provisions are cumulative and not in derogation of prior law; conduct of proceedings and appeals - The provisions of this article shall be cumulative to, and...
Article 5 - Optional Rate Schedules
§ 77-3-301. Optional rate schedules and minimum charges to be provided in lieu of service charges - Any person, firm, copartnership or corporation doing business in the...
§ 77-3-303. Itemized bills required - All bills rendered to consumers by any public service utility...
§ 77-3-305. Violations - Any amount of money collected by any public utility in...
§ 77-3-307. Exemptions - The provisions of this article shall not apply: to municipally...
Article 7 - Determination of Adequacy of Service by Telegraph and Telephone Companies
§ 77-3-401. Determination of adequacy of service initiated by petition of attorney general - Upon the petition therefor by the attorney general, the Mississippi...
§ 77-3-403. Notice to corporation to appear before commission - Upon the filing of a petition therefor by the attorney...
§ 77-3-405. Distinct findings of fact to be made by commission - Upon the hearing, the testimony shall be taken by the...
§ 77-3-407. Issuance of order requiring changes in service - If the commission shall find that the corporation may reasonably...
§ 77-3-409. Removal of proceedings to circuit court - The attorney general, or the corporation, may by certiorari out...
§ 77-3-411. Forfeiture of charter for failure to make changes - If no proceedings are taken under Section 77-3-409, then at...
§ 77-3-413. Certiorari to circuit court - At any time within ten (10) days of the entry...
§ 77-3-415. Appeal from judgment of circuit court - Appeals from the order of the circuit court affirming or...
§ 77-3-417. Effect of receivership proceedings - Receivership proceedings at any stage in any court shall not...
§ 77-3-419. Liquidation of business - All of the provisions of Chapter 35 of Title 11...
§ 77-3-421. Operations within same territory by second company following forfeiture of first company's charter - After the entry of an order forfeiting the charter of...
§ 77-3-423. Necessity that sales, leases or transfers be made to company capable of providing adequate service - No sale, lease or transfer of any franchises or properties...
§ 77-3-425. Continuation of service in event of sale of business - In the event any domestic telephone or telegraph company has,...
Article 9 - Automatic Dialing-Announcing Devices
§ 77-3-451. Definitions - As used in this article, "automatic dialing-announcing device" means any...
§ 77-3-457. Application to connect automatic dialing-announcing device; penalties - No person shall connect any automatic dialing-announcing device to any...
§ 77-3-459. Legislative intent; retroactive effect of article - It is the intent of the Legislature that this article...
Article 11 - Dual Party Relay System to Provide Telecommunications Devices for the Deaf and Hearing or Speech Impaired
§ 77-3-501. Legislative findings - The Legislature of the State of Mississippi finds: That telephone...
§ 77-3-503. Definitions; funding of agency expenses; deposit of monies into State General Fund - The following terms and phrases when used in this article...
§ 77-3-509. Advisory committee on telecommunications services for hearing or speech impaired persons; members; terms; compensation; funding of agency expenses; deposit of monies into State General Fund - The commission, in its discretion, may name a successor or...
Article 13 - Unsolicited Residential Telephonic Sales Calls
§ 77-3-601. Definitions - As used in this article: "Telephonic sales call" means a...
§ 77-3-603. Conduct of telephone solicitors regulated - Any telephone solicitor who makes an unsolicited telephonic sales call...
§ 77-3-605. Registration of telephone solicitors with Attorney General; surety bond - Any telephone solicitor shall apply for a certificate of registration...
§ 77-3-607. Requisites of enforceable contract; certain exceptions; merchant not to charge consumer's account before receipt of copy of contract - "YOU ARE NOT OBLIGATED TO PAY ANY MONEY UNLESS YOU...
§ 77-3-609. Exempt parties and transactions - The provisions of Sections 77-3-601 through 77-3-619 shall not apply...
§ 77-3-611. Attorney General to investigate violations; actions for civil penalties, injunction, and other relief; stipulated penalties; waiver of penalty upon restitution, reimbursement or payment of damages - The Attorney General shall investigate any complaints received concerning violations...
§ 77-3-613. Burden of proving exemption or exemption from definition - In any civil proceeding alleging a violation of Sections 77-3-601...
§ 77-3-617. Telecommunications companies to inform customers of provisions of law - The Attorney General shall by rule ensure that telecommunications companies...
§ 77-3-619. Attorney General may issue rules and regulations to carry out provisions of law - The Attorney General is authorized to issue any necessary rules...
Article 15 - Mississippi Telephone Solicitation Act
§ 77-3-701. Short title - This article shall be known and may be cited as...
§ 77-3-705. Definitions - For the purposes of this article, the following words and...
§ 77-3-709. Commission's discretion to exempt some telephone solicitors from purchase and use of no-calls database - The commission, in its discretion, may allow telephone solicitors to...
§ 77-3-711. Exempt categories - The provisions of this article shall not apply to: A...
§ 77-3-713. Registration of telephone solicitors mandatory - All telephone solicitors must register with the commission before conducting...
§ 77-3-715. Regulatory powers of Public Service Commission - The commission may promulgate rules and regulations necessary to effectuate...
§ 77-3-717. Inclusion in no-calls database of Mississippi part of any Federal Trade Commission national database - If the Federal Trade Commission establishes a single national database...
§ 77-3-719. Nondisclosure of database - Information contained in the database established under this article may...
§ 77-3-721. Fees; funding of expenses of agency; deposit of user charges and fees authorized under this section into State General Fund - All fees collected under the provisions of this article shall...
§ 77-3-725. Violations; hearings; penalties - The commission may investigate alleged violations and initiate proceedings relative...
§ 77-3-727. Consumer complaints - Any person who has received a telephone solicitation in violation...
§ 77-3-729. Defenses - It shall be a defense in any action or proceeding...
§ 77-3-731. Commission granted personal jurisdiction over resident and nonresident telephone solicitors - The commission is granted personal jurisdiction over any telephone solicitor,...
§ 77-3-733. Right of appeal - Any party aggrieved by any final order of the commission...
§ 77-3-735. Service providers certificated by commission not liable for violations of others - No provider of telephonic caller identification service, local exchange telephone...
Article 17 - Caller ID Anti-spoofing Act
§ 77-3-801. Short title - This article may be cited as the "Caller ID Anti-Spoofing...
§ 77-3-803. Definitions - As used in this article: "Automatic number identification" means a...
§ 77-3-805. Causing caller identification service to transmit misleading or inaccurate caller identification information to subscriber prohibited - Except as provided in Section 77-3-807, a person shall not,...
§ 77-3-807. Exceptions - This article does not apply to: The blocking of caller...
Chapter 5 - Electric Power
Article 1 - Mississippi Rural Electrification Authority
§ 77-5-1. Short title - This article may be cited as the "State Rural Electrification...
§ 77-5-3. Definitions - The following terms, whenever used in this article, shall have...
§ 77-5-5. Mississippi Rural Electrification Authority created - A corporation, to be known as the "Mississippi Rural Electrification...
§ 77-5-7. Board of directors of authority - The authority shall have a board of directors. The powers...
§ 77-5-9. Number, appointment, removal and terms of board of directors - The board shall consist of three members who shall be...
§ 77-5-11. Organization of board; officers - Promptly after appointment the board shall meet to organize. At...
§ 77-5-13. Compensation of members of board - The members of the board shall not be entitled to...
§ 77-5-15. Members of board shall not hold full time state office - The members of the board shall not hold any full...
§ 77-5-17. Powers of board - The board shall have power to do all things necessary...
§ 77-5-19. Corporate purpose of the authority - The corporate purpose of the authority is to encourage and...
§ 77-5-21. General grant of powers to authority - The authority is hereby vested with all powers necessary or...
§ 77-5-23. Grant of specific powers to authority - The authority shall have power: To sue and be sued....
§ 77-5-25. Operations outside of state authorized - To the extent necessary in the judgment of the board...
§ 77-5-27. Issuance of bonds by authority - The authority shall have power and is hereby authorized from...
§ 77-5-29. Validity of bonds - Said bonds bearing the signature of officers in office on...
§ 77-5-31. Bonds of authority not debts of state - No holder or holders of any bonds issued under this...
§ 77-5-33. Rates, fees and charges; application thereof - The authority shall not be operated for gain or profit...
§ 77-5-35. Pledge of state to bondholders that it will not impair rate-making power of authority - The state does pledge to and agree with the holders...
§ 77-5-37. Security for bonds - In connection with the issuance of bonds or in order...
§ 77-5-39. Rights and remedies of bondholders - In addition to all other rights and all other remedies,...
§ 77-5-41. Moneys of the authority - All moneys of the authority, from whatever source derived, shall...
§ 77-5-43. Assets of authority shall pass to state upon cessation of authority's existence - In the event that the authority shall cease to exist,...
§ 77-5-45. Authority and its property subject to taxation - The authority and its property shall be liable for taxes...
§ 77-5-47. Right of way over certain state lands granted to associations and corporations operating under this article - All associations or corporations formed and operating under this article...
§ 77-5-49. Article complete in itself - This article is complete in itself and shall be controlling....
Article 3 - Power Districts
§ 77-5-101. Short title - This article may be cited as "The Power District Law."
§ 77-5-103. Definitions - Unless the context otherwise requires: "Power district" or "district" means...
§ 77-5-105. Boundaries of power districts - Power districts, the boundaries of which shall be coterminous with...
§ 77-5-107. Resolution seeking election authorizing creation of power district - The governing bodies of one-half or more of the municipalities,...
§ 77-5-109. Petition seeking election authorizing creation of power district - In lieu of the resolutions, or any of them, provided...
§ 77-5-111. Calling of election - Upon receipt of the certified copies of the resolutions and/or...
§ 77-5-113. Conduct of election - The ballots for said election shall be in such form,...
§ 77-5-115. Canvassing results of election; declaration of creation of district - Each county board of election commissioners, if more than one...
§ 77-5-117. Filing of order declaring creation of district - Such board of supervisors shall thereupon promptly cause a certified...
§ 77-5-119. Payment of costs incurred in creation of district - All costs properly incurred by the boards of supervisors and...
§ 77-5-121. Proceedings contesting creation of district - No informality in any proceedings or in the conduct of...
§ 77-5-123. Subdistricts - The boundaries of the subdistricts shall be drawn in such...
§ 77-5-125. Alteration of districts - Whenever a district shall, by resolution of its board, determine...
§ 77-5-127. Consolidation of districts - Two (2) or more districts may be consolidated by a...
§ 77-5-129. Dissolution of districts - ( )Yes ( ) No" A majority of those voting...
§ 77-5-133. Term and oath of directors - Directors selected from odd numbered subdistricts shall for the first...
§ 77-5-135. Vacancies in director's office - The death of a director, his resignation, his removal for...
§ 77-5-137. Compensation and expenses of directors - Each director of the district shall receive compensation from the...
§ 77-5-139. Board of directors to function as legislative body of district - The board of directors shall constitute the legislative body of...
§ 77-5-141. Powers of the district board - The board of directors of any district shall have power...
§ 77-5-143. Appointment of officers - The board shall appoint a general manager, a secretary and...
§ 77-5-147. Duties of secretary - The principal duties of the secretary of the district shall...
§ 77-5-149. Duties of treasurer - The principal duties of the treasurer of the district shall...
§ 77-5-151. Corporate purpose of district - A district shall be created for the purpose of conducting...
§ 77-5-153. General powers of district - Any district created pursuant to the provisions of this article...
§ 77-5-155. Specific powers of district - Any district created pursuant to this article shall have the...
§ 77-5-157. Exercise of eminent domain by district - Any district shall have the power to condemn any land,...
§ 77-5-159. Operations outside of state authorized - To the extent necessary in the judgment of the board...
§ 77-5-161. Issuance of bonds by district - Each district shall have power and is hereby authorized from...
§ 77-5-163. Rights and remedies of bondholders - In addition to all other remedies, any holder of a...
§ 77-5-165. Reduction of rates - After all proper charges against the revenues of a district...
§ 77-5-167. Moneys of districts - All moneys of a district, from whatever source derived, shall...
§ 77-5-169. Municipal and county aid to districts - Any municipality situated within the territorial limits of a district...
§ 77-5-171. Districts and their property subject to taxation - All districts and their property shall be liable for taxes...
§ 77-5-173. Declaration of purpose; construction; article complete in itself - This article is for the public purpose of promoting the...
Article 5 - Electric Power Associations
§ 77-5-201. Short title - This article may be cited as the "Electric Power Association...
§ 77-5-203. Definitions - The following terms whenever used or referred to in this...
§ 77-5-205. Formation of non-profit corporations authorized - Three (3) or more natural persons may, by executing, filing...
§ 77-5-207. Contents of certificate of incorporation - The certificate of incorporation shall state: The name of the...
§ 77-5-209. Prohibition on use of words "electric power association" and "electric cooperative." - The name of a corporation shall include either the words...
§ 77-5-211. Execution and filing of certificate of incorporation - The natural persons executing the certificate of incorporation shall be...
§ 77-5-213. Chartering existing corporations under this article - Any existing corporations under the laws of the State of...
§ 77-5-215. Amendment of certificate of incorporation - A corporation may amend its certificate of incorporation to change...
§ 77-5-217. Consolidation of corporations - Any two (2) or more corporations may enter into an...
§ 77-5-219. Dissolution of corporation - Upon complying with the requirements of Section 77-5-217 or 77-5-237,...
§ 77-5-221. Board of directors - A corporation shall have a board of directors, and the...
§ 77-5-223. Powers of board of directors - The board of a corporation shall have power to do...
§ 77-5-225. Membership in corporation - Except as hereinafter provided, the corporate purpose of a corporation...
§ 77-5-227. Certificate of membership; voting - A corporation may issue to its members certificates of membership...
§ 77-5-229. General powers of corporation - A corporation is hereby vested with all power necessary or...
§ 77-5-233. Operations outside of state authorized - To the extent necessary in the judgment of its board...
§ 77-5-239. Power of corporation to incur obligations and liabilities, borrow money, issue notes, bonds, etc. - A corporation shall have the power to incur obligations and...
§ 77-5-241. Interest rates - Any note, bond, or other indebtedness issued by a corporation...
§ 77-5-243. Power to execute and deliver instruments to create security interest in corporation property - A corporation shall have the power to execute and deliver...
§ 77-5-245. Purchase and cancellation of bonds - A corporation shall have power out of any funds available...
§ 77-5-247. Monies of corporations - All monies of a corporation from whatever source derived, shall...
§ 77-5-249. Corporations and their property subject to taxation - A corporation and its property shall be taxed and assessed...
§ 77-5-251. Construction of article; article complete in itself - This article is to be liberally construed, and the enumeration...
§ 77-5-253. Annual financial and compliance audits - All corporations created under this article shall submit annual financial...
§ 77-5-257. TVA jurisdiction - It is hereby recognized that certain corporations formed or operating...
§ 77-5-259. Limitation for billing errors - In any action or regulatory proceeding arising from any overbilling...
Article 7 - Local Governmental Power Development Under Laws of 1934
§ 77-5-301. Counties may engage in power development - The counties of the State of Mississippi, acting by and...
§ 77-5-303. Intergovernmental cooperation - The board of supervisors of any county is expressly authorized...
§ 77-5-305. Ordinance of intention; notice; election - In the event the board of supervisors of any county...
§ 77-5-307. Activities must be self-sustaining - No board of supervisors taking advantage of the provisions of...
§ 77-5-309. Exercise of power of eminent domain - The board of supervisors of any county is expressly authorized...
§ 77-5-311. Debt limitations are inapplicable - No statutes fixing the maximum amount of indebtedness of the...
§ 77-5-313. Provisions of this article shall be applicable to municipalities as well as counties - All rights, privileges, powers and duties granted or imposed in...
§ 77-5-315. Construction of article; article cumulative - It being the purpose of this article to promote rural...
Article 9 - Local Governmental Power Development Under Laws of 1936
§ 77-5-401. Short title - This article may be cited as "The Municipal Electric Plant...
§ 77-5-403. Definitions - The following terms when used in this article shall have...
§ 77-5-405. Powers of municipalities - Every municipality shall have power and is hereby authorized: To...
§ 77-5-407. Issuance of bonds; election resolution and election procedure - Before any bonds are issued under this article an election...
§ 77-5-409. Effect of election - If a majority of the qualified voters who vote in...
§ 77-5-413. Bond provisions - The bonds may be issued in one or more series,...
§ 77-5-415. Securing payment of bonds - In order to secure the payment of any of the...
§ 77-5-417. Rights and remedies of bondholders - Any holder or holders of bonds, including a trustee or...
§ 77-5-419. Additional rights and remedies of bondholders may be conferred by resolution - Any municipality shall have power by resolution of its governing...
§ 77-5-421. Debt limitations are inapplicable - Bonds may be issued under this article notwithstanding and without...
§ 77-5-423. Payment of preliminary expenses - All expenses actually incurred by the governing body of any...
§ 77-5-425. Board of public utilities; appointment and terms of members - Any municipality, excepting those which have a population of less...
§ 77-5-427. Board of public utilities; bond, oath, compensation and removal of members; meetings; election of officers - Each member of the board of public utilities shall give...
§ 77-5-429. Supervision and control of the electric plant; supervisory body and electric plant superintendent - The general supervision and control of the acquisition, improvement, operation...
§ 77-5-431. Electric plant fund - All moneys derived from the issuance of bonds under the...
§ 77-5-433. Disposition of moneys received from the issuance of bonds - All moneys received from the issuance of bonds shall be...
§ 77-5-435. Disposition of revenues - The supervisory body of a municipality proceeding under the terms...
§ 77-5-437. Payment for services rendered to municipalities and departments and works thereof - The supervisory body shall charge the municipality and all departments...
§ 77-5-439. Records and reports of the board of public utilities - The board of public utilities shall keep a complete and...
§ 77-5-441. Exercise of power of eminent domain by municipality - Any municipality proceeding under the provisions of this article is...
§ 77-5-443. Use of certain rights of way; payment of indebtedness - Any municipality may use any right of way, easement or...
§ 77-5-445. Election for disposition of electric plant - The governing body of the municipality may dispose of all...
§ 77-5-447. Construction of article; article supplemental and additional to existing law - This article is for the public purpose of promoting the...
Article 11 - Unfair Practices of Electricity Distributors
§ 77-5-503. Competition with proposed system barred for twelve months after filing of notice of federal loan agreement - In the event that the filing corporation within the six...
§ 77-5-505. Notice to be furnished private utilities - It shall be the duty of the authority to give...
§ 77-5-507. Promulgation of rules and regulations by authority; enforcement powers of authority - The authority is hereby authorized to make and promulgate reasonable...
§ 77-5-509. Injunctions; chancery court powers - Any filing corporation may institute proceedings to enjoin any violations...
§ 77-5-511. Certified copy of statement of willingness to take service from proposed system as prima facie evidence - In any proceeding for the enforcement of this article, a...
§ 77-5-513. Private utilities are not liable for service during six and twelve month periods - During the periods of six (6) and twelve (12) months,...
§ 77-5-515. Inapplicability of article - This article shall not apply to the furnishing of electric...
Article 13 - Contracts with the United States
§ 77-5-601. Contracts with United States for acquisition of electrical system and purchase or sale of electricity authorized - Any municipal corporation, county, city, town, or village, power district...
§ 77-5-603. Article cumulative and supplemental; construction of article - Nothing contained in this article shall be construed as a...
Article 15 - Joint municipal electric power
§ 77-5-701. Short title - This article may be cited as the "Joint Municipal Electric...
§ 77-5-703. Declaration of purpose - The legislature of the State of Mississippi hereby finds and...
§ 77-5-705. Definitions - The following terms, whenever used or referred to in this...
§ 77-5-707. Powers of municipality; determining power and energy needs; filing of determination - In addition and supplemental to the powers otherwise conferred on...
§ 77-5-709. Proportionate ownership of undivided interest in projects; liability of municipality; contracts; issuance of bonds - Each municipality shall own an undivided interest in any project...
§ 77-5-711. Sale or exchange by municipality of excess capacity or output - Capacity or output or related services derived by a municipality...
§ 77-5-713. Application for licenses, permits, certificates or approvals - Municipalities proposing to jointly plan, finance, develop, own and operate...
§ 77-5-715. Contracts for exchange, interchange, wheeling, pooling and transmission of electric power - Municipalities participating in a joint project or projects are hereby...
§ 77-5-717. Creation of joint agencies; application process; issuance of certificate of incorporation - The utility commissions of two (2) or more municipalities may,...
§ 77-5-719. Additional membership in joint agencies; withdrawal from membership - After the creation of a joint agency, any other municipality...
§ 77-5-721. Board of commissioners of joint agency; officers; quorum; voting; expenses - The joint agency shall consist of a board of commissioners...
§ 77-5-723. Board of commissioners of joint agency; executive committee - The board of commissioners of a joint agency may create...
§ 77-5-725. Rights and powers of joint agencies - Each joint agency shall have all of the rights and...
§ 77-5-727. Determining appropriateness of projects to be undertaken by joint agencies; objections; appeal process - No joint agency shall undertake any project required to be...
§ 77-5-729. Member municipalities may contract to buy power from joint agencies - Any municipality which is a member of the joint agency...
§ 77-5-731. Sale or exchange by joint agency of excess capacity or output - A joint agency may sell or exchange the excess capacity...
§ 77-5-733. Joint or several ownership and maintenance by municipalities and joint agencies with other public agencies - The definitions and all other terms and provisions of this...
§ 77-5-735. Exemption from laws relating to competitive bidding - A municipality's or joint agency's purchase of, contract for the...
§ 77-5-737. Joint agency pledge bonds - A joint agency may issue its bonds pledging to the...
§ 77-5-739. Issuance of bonds by municipalities and joint agencies - All bonds issued pursuant to this article shall be advertised...
§ 77-5-741. Bonds to be secured by resolution, trust indenture or other security instrument; contents - In the discretion of the governing board of the issuer,...
§ 77-5-743. Fixing, charging and collecting rents, fees, rates and charges; municipalities - A municipality is hereby authorized to fix, charge and collect...
§ 77-5-745. Fixing, charging and collecting rents, fees, rates and charges; joint agencies - A joint agency is hereby authorized to fix, charge and...
§ 77-5-747. Pledges made by municipalities or joint agencies - Any pledge made by a municipality or joint agency pursuant...
§ 77-5-749. Temporary investment and reinvestment of money - All moneys received pursuant to the authority of this article,...
§ 77-5-751. Proceedings to enforce rights of holders of bonds - Any holder of bonds issued under the provisions of this...
§ 77-5-753. Bonds issued under this article as proper and legal investments - Bonds issued by a municipality or joint agency under the...
§ 77-5-755. Bonds issued as special obligations of municipality or joint agency issuing them - The bonds shall be special obligations of the municipality or...
§ 77-5-757. Refunding bonds - A municipality or joint agency is hereby authorized to provide...
§ 77-5-759. Tax exempt status; bonds - Bonds, their transfer and the income therefrom (including any profit...
§ 77-5-761. Tax exempt status; interest in project owned by municipality or joint agency - Any interest in a project owned by a municipality or...
§ 77-5-763. Rights, privileges and immunities of personnel - Personnel employed or appointed by a municipality to work on...
§ 77-5-765. Dissolution of joint agencies - Whenever the board of commissioners of a joint agency and...
§ 77-5-767. Annual reports; joint agencies; municipalities - Each joint agency shall, following the closing of each fiscal...
§ 77-5-769. Application of laws of other states and the United States - Legislative consent is hereby given (a) to the application of...
§ 77-5-771. Grants-in-aid and loans from federal and state governments - The governing authorities of any municipality or joint agency are...
§ 77-5-773. Eminent domain; crossing lines and rights-of-way of utilities - Municipalities participating in a joint project and joint agencies shall...
§ 77-5-775. Personal liability of certain personnel - No commissioner of any joint agency or officer of any...
§ 77-5-777. Exemption from requirements of separate actions under this article when governing authorities of utility commission and municipality are same - Whenever the governing authorities of the utility commission and of...
§ 77-5-779. Provisions supplemental and additional - The foregoing sections of this article shall be deemed to...
§ 77-5-781. Authority or right of other entities to engage in retail distribution of electric power not impaired - Nothing contained in this article shall affect in any manner...
§ 77-5-783. Construction of article - In order to effectuate the purposes and policies prescribed in...
Article 17 - Municipal and County Utility Safety Incentive Programs
§ 77-5-801. Definitions - For the purposes of this article, the following words shall...
§ 77-5-803. Authorization of safety incentive program; form of incentive; eligibility for incentives; sources of funding for payment of incentives - A municipal utility as defined in this article may adopt...
Chapter 6 - Municipal Gas Authority of Mississippi Law
§ 77-6-1. Short title - This chapter shall be known and may be cited as...
§ 77-6-3. Legislative intent - The Legislature hereby finds and declares that certain municipalities of...
§ 77-6-5. Definitions - For purposes of this chapter, the following words shall have...
§ 77-6-7. Municipal Gas Authority of Mississippi created; purpose; initial membership; principal office - There shall be created a local distribution company of the...
§ 77-6-9. Membership in authority after its creation; withdrawal - After the creation of the authority, any other municipality may...
§ 77-6-11. Board of commissioners - The authority shall consist of a board of commissioners appointed...
§ 77-6-13. Executive committee of board of commissioners - The board of commissioners of the authority may create an...
§ 77-6-15. Rights and powers of authority - The authority shall have all of the rights and powers...
§ 77-6-17. Projects requiring financing by bonds; approval required; determination by authority; notice of determination; hearing; appeal from determination - The authority shall not undertake any project required to be...
§ 77-6-19. Municipalities that may contract with authority - The municipalities with which the authority shall be authorized to...
§ 77-6-21. Contracts to buy gas from authority - Any municipality which is a member of the authority may...
§ 77-6-23. Excess capacity or output may be sold or exchanged - The authority may sell or exchange the excess capacity or...
§ 77-6-25. Provisions to be construed as authorizing joint and several ownership of projects - The definitions and all other terms and provisions of this...
§ 77-6-27. Acquisition of property; contract requirements - A municipality's or the authority's purchase of, contract for the...
§ 77-6-29. Power to issue revenue bonds - The authority may issue revenue bonds pledging to the payment...
§ 77-6-31. Revenue bonds; powers and duties - All bonds issued pursuant to this chapter shall be advertised...
§ 77-6-33. Security for bonds - In the discretion of the governing board of the issuer,...
§ 77-6-35. Rents, rates, fees and charges by municipality - A municipality is hereby authorized to fix, charge and collect...
§ 77-6-37. Rents, rates, fees and charges by authority - The authority is hereby authorized to fix, charge and collect...
§ 77-6-39. Pledge of municipality or authority valid and binding when made - Any pledge made by a municipality or the authority pursuant...
§ 77-6-41. Investment of all monies received - All moneys received pursuant to the authority of this chapter,...
§ 77-6-43. Rights of holders of bonds - Any holder of bonds issued under the provisions of this...
§ 77-6-45. Bonds to be securities - Bonds issued by a municipality or the authority under the...
§ 77-6-47. Obligations of issuing municipality or authority - The bonds shall be special obligations of the municipality or...
§ 77-6-51. Evidence of indebtedness to be considered negotiable instruments - Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, every evidence of...
§ 77-6-53. Refunding bonds - A municipality or the authority is hereby authorized to provide...
§ 77-6-55. Exemption from taxation - Bonds, their transfer and the income therefrom, including any profit...
§ 77-6-57. Dissolution of board of commissioners - Whenever the board of commissioners of the authority and the...
§ 77-6-59. Annual reports; audits - The authority shall, following the closing of each fiscal year,...
§ 77-6-61. Application of laws of other states - Legislative consent is hereby given (a) to the application of...
§ 77-6-63. Grants and loans authorized - The governing authorities of any municipality or the authority are...
§ 77-6-65. Powers and duties in connection with eminent domain, sales to customers of public utilities, and utility lines and rights-of-way - Municipalities participating in a project of the authority shall possess...
§ 77-6-67. Where utility commission and municipality have same governing authorities - Whenever the governing authorities of the utility commission and of...
§ 77-6-69. Provisions supplemental to other laws - The foregoing sections of this chapter shall be deemed to...
§ 77-6-73. Provisions to be liberally construed - In order to effectuate the purposes and policies prescribed in...
§ 77-6-75. Members of legislature to have no interest in bonds - No member of the Legislature or elected official or any...
Chapter 7 - Motor Carriers
§ 77-7-1. Short title - This chapter may be cited as the "Mississippi Motor Carrier...
§ 77-7-3. Declaration of public policy; application of chapter - It is hereby declared to be the policy of the...
§ 77-7-7. Definitions - Whenever used in this chapter unless expressly stated otherwise: The...
§ 77-7-9. Qualifications upon definition of "common carrier by motor vehicle" and "contract carrier by motor vehicle." - The term "common carrier by motor vehicle," as defined in...
§ 77-7-11. Obedience to chapter required - No motor carrier shall operate any motor vehicle for the...
§ 77-7-15. Promulgation of order, rules, regulations and requirements by commission - The commission shall prescribe, issue, amend and rescind such reasonable...
§ 77-7-17. Prohibited interests of commissioners and employees - No member of the commission, and no employee of the...
§ 77-7-21. Engagement in intrastate operation by restricted motor carriers - No restricted motor carrier not exempted in this chapter shall...
§ 77-7-23. Promulgation of regulations governing restricted motor carriers - The commission shall promulgate rules, regulations and procedures for the...
§ 77-7-25. Exemption of certain commercial motor vehicles from federal regulations; exceptions - Notwithstanding the provisions of this chapter to the contrary, Parts...
Certificates of Public Convenience and Necessity; Permits; Interstate Permits
§ 77-7-41. Certificates of public convenience and necessity required - No common carrier by motor vehicle not exempted in this...
§ 77-7-43. Application for certificate - Applications for a certificate shall be made in writing, shall...
§ 77-7-47. Temporary certificates - If the commission should decide that an emergency exists at...
§ 77-7-49. Permits required - No contract carrier by motor vehicle, not exempted in this...
§ 77-7-55. Fees for certificates and permits - Upon the filing of an application for a certificate of...
§ 77-7-59. Amendment, suspension and revocation of certificates and permits - Certificates and permits shall be effective from the date specified...
§ 77-7-61. Sale or transfer of certificates and permits - Whenever a purchase, lease, assignment or transfer is proposed under...
Performance Bond; Insurance
§ 77-7-83. Insurance required of certificate holders - Each holder of a certificate authorizing operation as a common...
§ 77-7-85. Insurance required of permit holders - Each holder of a permit as a contract carrier by...
§ 77-7-87. Insurance required of interstate carriers - Each motor carrier holding certificates or permits from and operating...
§ 77-7-89. Insurance policy or bond shall not be cancelled until notice is given to commission - The insurance policy or bond filed with the commission as...
§ 77-7-91. Actions against motor carriers and sureties - In any action, whether in law or equity, against any...
§ 77-7-93. Effect of failure to comply with performance bond and insurance requirements - The failure of any holder of a certificate or permit...
Inspection Fees; Identification Plates; Identification Trip Permits
§ 77-7-115. When and to whom inspection fees are to be paid - On or before January 1 of each year, or prior...
§ 77-7-117. State to have lien on vehicles for payment of inspection fees - A lien shall exist upon all property of any motor...
§ 77-7-125. Commission has sole authority to issue registration receipts - The commission shall have the sole and complete power and...
§ 77-7-127. Disposition of funds collected by commission under this chapter; funding of agency expenses; deposit of monies into State General Fund - All funds collected by the commission under the provisions of...
General Duties of Common and Restricted Common Carriers
§ 77-7-151. Duties of common carriers of household goods by motor vehicle as to service and rates - It shall be the duty of every common carrier of...
§ 77-7-153. Discrimination by common carriers prohibited - It shall be unlawful for any common carrier by motor...
Service
§ 77-7-173. Changes in schedules by common carriers - Common carriers by motor vehicle, the rates of which are...
§ 77-7-175. Operation of special or chartered parties by common carriers - Any common carrier by motor vehicle transporting passengers under a...
§ 77-7-177. Deviations from routes by common carriers - A common carrier by motor vehicle, operating under a certificate...
§ 77-7-181. Accident reports - It shall be the duty of the manager, agent or...
§ 77-7-185. Commission may require establishment of passenger stations - After notice and hearing, and an opportunity to be heard...
Rates of Common Carriers
§ 77-7-211. Filing, publication and posting of rates of common carriers; rejection of tariff by commission - Every common carrier of passengers shall file with the commission,...
§ 77-7-213. Common carriers shall charge only rates set forth in tariff - No common carrier by motor vehicle, the rates of which...
§ 77-7-215. Change in rates by common carriers; notice to be given - No change shall be made in any rate, fare, charge...
§ 77-7-217. Commission hearings upon reasonableness of rates of common carriers - Any person, state board, organization or body politic may make...
§ 77-7-219. Suspension of rates proposed by common carriers - Whenever there shall be filed with the commission any schedule...
§ 77-7-221. Factors to be considered by commission in considering rates of common carriers - In the exercise of its power to prescribe just and...
§ 77-7-223. Other rights and remedies unaffected by foregoing - Nothing in Sections 77-7-151, 77-7-153, 77-7-187, 77-7-217 to 77-7-221, shall...
Minimum Charges of Contract Carriers
§ 77-7-241. Minimum charges of contract carriers to be filed with commission; reductions - It shall be the duty of every contract carrier by...
§ 77-7-243. Commission hearings upon reasonableness of rates of contract carriers - Whenever, after hearing upon complaint or its own initiative, the...
§ 77-7-245. Suspension of charges proposed by contract carriers - Whenever there shall be filed with the commission by any...
Miscellaneous regulations
§ 77-7-261. Reports of carriers; accounts, books and memoranda; inspections - The commission is hereby authorized to require annual, periodical, or...
§ 77-7-263. Failure to make proper reports or to keep accounts, records and memoranda properly is a misdemeanor - Any motor carrier, or any officer, agent, employee, or representative...
Commission Hearings and Rehearings; Appeal of Order of Commission
§ 77-7-291. Conduct of commission hearings - Any matter arising in the administration of this chapter requiring...
§ 77-7-293. Rehearings of orders or decisions of commission - After an order or decision has been made by the...
§ 77-7-295. Appeal of final finding, order or judgment of commission - In addition to other remedies now available, the state, or...
Penalties -
Administration and Enforcement
§ 77-7-331. Duties of enforcement officers - The chief enforcement officer and the inspectors, employed pursuant to...
§ 77-7-333. Training of enforcement officer; funding of agency expenses; deposit of monies into State General Fund - After selection, the chief enforcement officer and the inspectors shall...
§ 77-7-337. Purchase of necessary equipment authorized; funding of agency expenses; deposit of monies into State General Fund - The commission is hereby authorized and empowered to purchase all...
§ 77-7-339. Payment of salaries and expenses shall be from the motor carrier regulation account; funding of agency expenses; deposit of monies into State General Fund - The salary of the chief enforcement officer and the inspectors,...
§ 77-7-341. Cooperation with other agencies authorized - For the purpose of administering and enforcing the provisions of...
Chapter 8 - Transportation Network Companies
§ 77-8-1. Definitions - As used in this chapter: "Personal vehicle" means a vehicle...
§ 77-8-3. Transportation network companies or drivers not common carriers; registration of vehicle not required - Transportation network companies or transportation network company drivers are not...
§ 77-8-7. Agent for service of process - The transportation network company shall maintain an agent for service...
§ 77-8-9. Fares for services provided - On behalf of a transportation network company driver, a transportation...
§ 77-8-11. Driver and vehicle identification - The transportation network company's online-enabled technology application or website shall...
§ 77-8-13. Electronic receipt provided to rider - Within a reasonable period of time following the completion of...
§ 77-8-17. Disclosures - The transportation network company shall disclose in writing to transportation...
§ 77-8-21. Drivers as independent contractors - Drivers shall be independent contractors and not employees of the...
§ 77-8-27. Solicitation or acceptance of street hails prohibited - A transportation network company driver shall not solicit or accept...
§ 77-8-29. Solicitation or acceptance of cash for fares prohibited - The transportation network company shall adopt a policy prohibiting solicitation...
§ 77-8-33. Customer records - A transportation network company shall maintain the following customer records:...
§ 77-8-39. Rules and regulations - The commissioner may adopt rules and regulations necessary to ensure...
Chapter 9 - Railroads and Other Common Carriers
Article 1 - General Provisions
§ 77-9-15. Penalty - If any common carrier shall give to any person a...
§ 77-9-27. Surety bonds of employees shall not be required to be in any particular company - No common carrier, authorized to do business in this state,...
§ 77-9-29. Sureties shall be authorized to do business in state - No common carrier, authorized to do business in this state,...
§ 77-9-31. Bond shall cover definite term; cancellation of bond - Every bond or undertaking of any nature whatsoever given by...
§ 77-9-33. Penalty - Any officer, agent, or representative of any company, corporation, association...
§ 77-9-35. Liability of the last of several carriers - If a common carrier receive freight for further transportation and...
§ 77-9-37. Settlement of claims for lost or damaged freight shall be within reasonable time - Railroads, corporations and individuals engaged as common carriers in this...
Article 3 - Railroads and Railroad Corporations
Incorporation and Consolidation of Railroad Corporations
§ 77-9-101. Preparation of application to governor by persons desiring creation of railroad corporation - Persons desiring the creation and organization of a railroad corporation...
§ 77-9-103. Issuance of proclamation by governor authorizing organization of railroad corporation - Upon the receipt of the application, the governor shall submit...
§ 77-9-105. Recording of application and proclamation - The application and the proclamation of the governor shall be...
§ 77-9-107. Organization and election of board of directors; selection of officers and adoption of bylaws - Upon the issuance of the proclamation by the governor, authorizing...
§ 77-9-109. Capital stock of railroad corporation - Any railroad corporation heretofore or hereafter organized under the laws...
§ 77-9-111. Filing of statement showing date of organization, amount of entire capital stock, and shares into which divided - When organized, the board of directors shall file in the...
§ 77-9-113. Organization by purchasers of railroad sold under execution, deed of trust, or foreclosure - When any railroad shall be sold under execution, or under...
§ 77-9-115. Amendment of railroad corporation charter - The charter of any railroad corporation organized under the provisions...
§ 77-9-117. Amendment of charter to carry out plan of reorganization under federal laws - If the attorney general be of the opinion that the...
§ 77-9-119. Consolidation of railroad corporations - Any railroad company organized and existing under the laws of...
§ 77-9-121. Competing or parallel railroads shall not consolidate - Except as provided in Section 77-9-119, it shall be unlawful...
General Corporate Powers
§ 77-9-141. Powers, rights and privileges of railroad corporations - Except as limited, or otherwise prescribed, by valid federal statutes...
§ 77-9-145. Suing; having a common seal - To sue and be sued, to plead and to be...
§ 77-9-147. Building and operating railroad - To build and construct, and thereafter to use, operate, own,...
§ 77-9-149. Collecting charges for transportation of persons and property - To charge and collect reasonable compensation for the transportation of...
§ 77-9-151. Issuing stocks and bonds - To issue any part of its stock as preferred stock,...
§ 77-9-153. Increasing capital stock; issuing preferred stock to satisfy obligations - To increase, from time to time, its capital stock, but...
§ 77-9-155. Determining number of directors, officers and agents; prescribing compensation, duties and terms thereof - To determine the number of directors, and of officers and...
§ 77-9-157. Authorizing appointment of executive committee - To authorize the directors to appoint an executive committee, with...
§ 77-9-159. Opening books of subscription; calling stockholders' meetings - To open books of subscription for the capital stock of...
§ 77-9-161. Mortgaging; securing mortgage bonds - To mortgage or convey in trust, from time to time,...
§ 77-9-165. Leasing railroad and its properties - To lease, except to parallel or competing lines, its railroad...
§ 77-9-167. Doing an express or telegraph business - To do an express business over its own line or...
§ 77-9-169. Having right of way generally - To enter upon all lands, and to survey, lay out,...
§ 77-9-171. Having right of way over state lands - To enter upon, acquire, and enjoy a right of way...
§ 77-9-173. Entering upon land adjacent to its right of way - To enter upon land adjacent to its right of way...
§ 77-9-175. Acquiring lands for depots and other purposes - To agree and contract for the acquisition of, or to...
§ 77-9-177. Crossing, intersecting, joining or uniting with other railroads - To cross, intersect, join, or unite its railroad with any...
§ 77-9-179. Crossing water courses - To construct, maintain, or operate its railroad under, over, and...
§ 77-9-181. Insuring persons and property - To insure persons and property, or either, transported or to...
§ 77-9-183. General grant of powers - To do and perform all and everything necessary to the...
§ 77-9-185. How powers are to be exercised - The powers conferred in Sections 77-9-141 through 77-9-183 are to...
§ 77-9-187. Terminal points and direction of line may be changed - A railroad company chartered under this article may, after beginning...
§ 77-9-189. Adoption and change of gauge - All railroads hereafter constructed in this state may adopt such...
§ 77-9-191. Fictitious stock is void - A railroad corporation shall not issue stocks or bonds except...
§ 77-9-193. Powers of stockholders - The board of directors is to be subject to the...
Safety
§ 77-9-223. Exception to requirement of headlights - Section 77-9-221 shall not apply: to tramroads, mill roads and...
§ 77-9-225. Locomotives to give warning when approaching crossings; penalty - Every railroad company shall cause each locomotive engine run by...
§ 77-9-227. Freight cars shall not be placed in rear of passenger cars; penalty - In forming a passenger train, freight or merchandise or lumber...
§ 77-9-229. Backing into or along a passenger depot; penalty - It shall be unlawful to back a train of cars,...
§ 77-9-233. Exception to requirement of pilots and headlights - Section 77-9-231 shall not apply: to railroads whose principal business...
§ 77-9-235. Obstructing highways and streets; penalty - Every railroad company, upon stopping any train at a place...